"somniloquy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: somniloquies [plural]
Etymology: From somni- (“sleep”) + -loquy (“speaking, speech”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|somni-|-loquy|t1=sleep|t2=speaking, speech}} somni- (“sleep”) + -loquy (“speaking, speech”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} somniloquy (countable and uncountable, plural somniloquies)
  1. (uncountable) The act or habit of talking in one's sleep. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-somniloquy-en-noun-IdfOc5Jw
  2. (countable) Words spoken while sleeping. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Sleep
    Sense id: en-somniloquy-en-noun-bSSluaZn Disambiguation of Sleep: 31 69 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with somni-, English terms suffixed with -loquy, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with somni-: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -loquy: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sleeptalking

Inflected forms

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