SOMNILOQUY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does somniloquy mean? 

• SOMNILOQUY (noun)
  The noun SOMNILOQUY has 1 sense:

1. uttering speech while asleep

  Familiarity information: SOMNILOQUY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOMNILOQUY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Uttering speech while asleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sleep talking; somniloquism; somniloquy

Hypernyms ("somniloquy" is a kind of...):

sleeping (the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate)

process; unconscious process (a mental process that you are not directly aware of)

Derivation:

somniloquist (someone who talks while asleep)