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“somniloquist”
1. Someone who talks when in bed during the night: Kitty amused her sisters while she was sleeping because she was a somniloquist and often said the silliest things.
2. Etymology: from Latin somni-, "sleep" + -loquy, loqui "to speak, to talk."
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2. Etymology: from Latin somni-, "sleep" + -loquy, loqui "to speak, to talk."
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-ist
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loqu-, -loquence, -loquent, -loquently, -loquy, -iloquent, -iloquently
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somni-, somno-, somn-, -somnia, -somniac
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“somniloquist”
A person who talks out loud during his or her sleep so others can hear him or her. (3)
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