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Definition: Somnambulist |
SomnambulistNoun1. Someone who walks about in their sleep. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "somnambulist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1856. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To imagine while dreaming that you are a somnambulist, portends that you will unwittingly consent to some agreement of plans which will bring you anxiety or ill fortune. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SomnambulistSynonyms: noctambulist (n), sleepwalker (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Imagination | Idealist, romanticist, visionary; mopus; romancer, dreamer; somnambulist; rhapsodist; (fanatic); castle-buildier, fanciful projector. |
Traveler | Tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club; peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler; bird of passage; gadabout, gadling; vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling; loafer; tramp, tramper; vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer; peripatetic; somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee; beach comber, booly; globegirdler, globetrotter; vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep walker; noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman; trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Somnambulist |
| English words defined with "somnambulist": Hypnobate ♦ Night walker ♦ Somnambulator, Somnambule, Somnambulistic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "somnambulist": MACBETH ♦ Rodolpho. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It was Napoleon endeavouring to advance again, mighty somnambulist of a vanished dream. |
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| "Somnambulist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Somnambulist" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
somnambulist | 25 |
bt somnambulist | 13 |
bt lyrics somnambulist | 12 |
lyrics somnambulist | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "somnambulist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sombambul. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المسرنم السائر أثناء النوم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сомнамбул (night walker, sleepwalker), лунатик (lunatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | námìsíènost (noctambulism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کسیکه درخواب راه میرود, وابسته به راهروی درخواب , خواب گرد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | somnambule (somnambulistic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schlafwandler (noctambulist, sleep walker, sleepwalker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπνοβάτησ (noctambulist, sleep walker, sleepwalker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | alvajáró (noctambulant, sleep walker, sleepwalker, sleep-walker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sonnambulo (sleepwalker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 夢遊病者 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | むゆうびょうしゃ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shooylleyder oie (noctambulist), saveen-hooylleyder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omnambulistsay sonâmbulo (night-walker, noctambulant, sleep-walker). (various references) somnambul (moon-struck, night walker), noctambul, lunatic (lunatic, moon-struck, somnambulistic). (various references) лунатик (night walker, sleepwalker, sleep-walker). (various references) mesečar (funambulist, night walker, noctambulant, sleepwalker). (various references) sonámbulo (sleepwalker), somnámbulo (sleepwalker). (various references) somnambul, sömngångare (night walker, sleepwalker). (various references) uyurgezer (night walker, noctambulist, sleepwalker, sleepwalking, somnambulistic). (various references) сомнамбула (night walker, noctambulant, noctambulist, sleep walker). (various references) người miên h nh (noctambulist, sleep-walker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "somnambulist": somnambulistic, somnambulistically, somnambulists. (additional references) | |
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"Somnambulist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: somnabulist, somnambalist, somnambilist, somnambulish, somnumbulist, sonambulist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "somnambulist" (pronounced 'Som*nam"bu*list'): Acephalist, Agricolist, Amnicolist, Animalculist, Aquarellist, Arcubalist, Bibliophilist, Bibliopolist, Biblist, Bicyclist, Bimetallist, Blacklist, Cabalist, Carlist, Curialist, Cyclist, Funambulist, Glist, Homilist, Metallist, Monometallist, monopolist, Myropolist, Nemophilist, Nephalist, Newfanglist, Niellist, Noctambulist, Oculist, OEnophilist, Ovulist, Parabolist, Perfectibilist, Pharmacopolist, Philatelist, Physoclist, Plebicolist, Populist, Reenlist, Ruricolist, sciolist, Scrupulist, Simplist, Speculist, Uckewallist, Violoncellist, Vocabulist, Zoophilist. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-l-m-m-n-o-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: absolutism, sublations, summations. | |
-3 letters: ablutions, abutilons, botulisms, olibanums, simulants, sublation, summation. | |
-4 letters: ablution, abutilon, albumins, antiboss, atomisms, bailouts, bastions, bimanous, botulins, botulism, butanols, laminous, malisons, manitous, manumits, olibanum, outsails, simulant, solanums, solatium, stasimon, stunsail, subatoms, summital, taboulis, tinamous, tsunamis. | |
-5 letters: albinos, albumin, alumins, amounts, atomism, autisms, bailout, basions, bastion, biomass, bonitas, bonsais, botulin, butanol. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-l-m-m-n-o-s-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: somnambulists. | |
+2 letters: somnambulistic. | |
+3 letters: somnambulations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 6D 6E 61 6D 62 75 6C 69 73 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... --- -- -. .- -- -... ..- .-.. .. ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101111 01101101 01101110 01100001 01101101 01100010 01110101 01101100 01101001 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o m n a m b u l i s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 006D 006E 0061 006D 0062 0075 006C 0069 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)538179806779688778758586 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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