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somniloquy
n.
act of talking while asleep
Somniloquy
Somniloquy or
sleep-talking is a
parasomnia that refers to talking aloud while asleep. It can be quite loud, ranging from simple mumbling sounds to loud shouts and long frequently inarticulate speeches, and can occur many times during a sleep cycle. As with sleepwalking and night terrors, sleeptalking usually occurs during the less-deep delta-wave
NREM sleep stages or during temporary arousals therefrom.
somniloquy
Noun
1. uttering speech while asleep
(synonym) sleep talking, somniloquism
(hypernym) sleeping
Somniloquy
(n.)
A talking in sleep; the talking of one in a state of somnipathy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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