Meanings
nounsomniloquist (plural somniloquists)
plural somniloquists
- A person who talks in their sleep.
He drooled incessantly, alternately moaning and cursing in a low somniloquist's voice
1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 355Synonyms: sleeptalker
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who talks in their sleep.
Similar
Also see
Origin
Cite this entry
APA
somniloquist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somniloquist
MLA
“somniloquist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somniloquist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somniloquist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somniloquist.
Source: somniloquist on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.