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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."
![Any one who talks while sleeping.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/somniloquist-1.jpg)
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![Someone who talks in his or her sleep.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/somniloquist-2.jpg)
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![Talking while sleeping.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/somniloquist-3.jpg)
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2. Etymology: from Latin somni-, "sleep" + -loquy, loqui "to speak, to talk."
![Any one who talks while sleeping.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/somniloquist-1.jpg)
![Someone who talks in his or her sleep.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/somniloquist-2.jpg)
![Talking while sleeping.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/somniloquist-3.jpg)
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-ist
(page 61)
loqu-, -loquence, -loquent, -loquently, -loquy, -iloquent, -iloquently
(page 7)
somni-, somno-, somn-, -somnia, -somniac
(page 4)
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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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