Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or habit of talking in one's sleep.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of talking in sleep; specifically, talking in the somnambulistic sleep.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A talking in sleep; the talking of one in a state of somnipathy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The act or habit of
talking in one'ssleep . - noun countable The words thus uttered.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun uttering speech while asleep
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She plots Six's graphs and statistics while playing Seven's sleep video in double time, watching the patterns and listening to him do his somniloquy in a high-pitched Chipmunk voice.
Intersomnolence Wendy Wimmer 2011
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She plots Six's graphs and statistics while playing Seven's sleep video in double time, watching the patterns and listening to him do his somniloquy in a high-pitched Chipmunk voice.
Intersomnolence Wendy Wimmer 2011
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In any case, it turned out there was no room for sleepwalking in the book, because I got so interested in narcolepsy and insomnia and sleeptalking, or somniloquy.
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In any case, it turned out there was no room for sleepwalking in the book, because I got so interested in narcolepsy and insomnia and sleeptalking, or somniloquy.
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"How long are we going to wait out here?" complained Nawin in his somniloquy.
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Apparently, talking in one's sleep is a form of parasomnia termed somniloquy.
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Almost 61 percent of subjects in group three reported experiencing somniloquy at least "rarely" in the last year, and 40.9 percent reported somnambulism.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The study distinguished the dream-enacting behavior of speaking out loud some of the words of a dream about talking from somniloquy (sleep talking), which was defined as speaking or making sounds during sleep without clear recall of an accompanying dream.
Spero News 2009
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The study distinguished the dream-enacting behavior of speaking out loud some of the words of a dream about talking from somniloquy (sleep talking), which was defined as speaking or making sounds during sleep without clear recall of an accompanying dream.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The study distinguished the dream-enacting behavior of speaking out loud some of the words of a dream about talking from somniloquy (sleep talking), which was defined as speaking or making sounds during sleep without clear recall of an accompanying dream.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Sleep talking, or somniloquy, is most common during adolescence and may be caused by stress and mental health conditions, or stimulants such as coffee or alcohol before bed.
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slumry commented on the word somniloquy
I had to look this one up. At first blush, I thought it must be a very boring soliloquy. Good word. I think I will pilfer it.
June 15, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word somniloquy
I agree, choice piece of text!
November 5, 2007