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Somniloquy

Definition: Somniloquy

Somniloquy

Noun

1. Uttering speech while asleep.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Somniloquy \Som*nil"o*quy\, noun. talking in sleep; the talking of one in state of somnipathy.. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Somniloquy

Synonyms: sleep talking (n), somniloquism (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Somniloquy

Non-English Usage: "Somniloquy" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (somniloquy).

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Commercial Usage: Somniloquy

DomainTitle

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Somniloquy

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

somniloquy

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Somniloquy

Language Translations for "somniloquy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏تكلم في النوم. (various references)

   

French

  

somniloquy. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

omniloquysay

   

Russian 

  

сомнилоквия (somniloquence, somniloquism). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Somniloquy"

Words rhyming with "somniloquy" (pronounced 'Som*nil"o*quy'): Alloquy, Ambiloquy, Antiloquy, Centiloquy, Colloquy, Gastriloquy, Multiloquy, Obloquy, Obsequy, Pauciloquy, Pectoriloquy, soliloquy, Stultiloquy, Suaviloquy, Ventriloquy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Somniloquy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-l-m-n-o-o-q-s-u-y"

-1 letter: ominously.

-3 letters: isonomy, moonily, moulins, mousily, ominous, quinols.

-4 letters: insoul, linums, moulin, muslin, myosin, nosily, quinol, quinsy, quoins, simony, simoon, solion.

-5 letters: limns, limos, linos, linum, lions, loins, looms, loons, loony, louis, lousy, lysin, milos, minus, moils, monos, mools, moons, moony, mousy, munis, muons, noils, noily, noisy, nolos, nomoi, nomos, olios, onium, osmol, quins.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Somniloquy


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6F 6D 6E 69 6C 6F 71 75 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    ---    --    -.    ..    .-..    ---    --.-    ..-    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101111 01101101 01101110 01101001 01101100 01101111 01110001 01110101 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#111 &#109 &#110 &#105 &#108 &#111 &#113 &#117 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006F 006D 006E 0069 006C 006F 0071 0075 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53817980757881838791

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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