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somniloquous

somniloquous adjective: talking while asleep.

Adjective

somniloquous (not comparable)

  1. Talking while asleep.

Origin of somniloquous

Coined based on Latin somnus (“sleep”) + loquor (“to talk”).

Questions about somniloquous

What does somniloquous mean?
Somniloquous means talking while asleep.
What part of speech is somniloquous?
Somniloquous is an adjective.

Words near somniloquous in the dictionary

  1. somniloquists
  2. somniloquize
  3. somniloquized
  4. somniloquizes
  5. somniloquizing
  6. somniloquous
  7. somniloquy
  8. somniosid
  9. somniosids
  10. somnipathies
  11. somnipathist

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