noun
uttering speech while asleep
• Syn: ↑sleep talking, ↑somniloquism
• Derivationally related forms: ↑somniloquist (for: ↑somniloquism), ↑somniloquist
• Hypernyms: ↑sleeping, ↑process, ↑unconscious process
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\\-kwē\ noun (-es)Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary somni- + -loquy (as in English ventriloquy)
: the action or practice of talking in sleep
Useful english dictionary. 2012.