noctambulous

[ nok-tam-byuh-luhs ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.

Word History and Origins

Origin of noctambulous¹

1725–35; noct- + Latin ambul ( āre ) to walk + -ous

Example Sentences

He was approaching his fortieth year, but he was still the beau Sagreda, as he had long been nicknamed by the noctambulous women of Maxim's and the early-rising Amazons of the Bois.

From Project Gutenberg

He was approaching his fortieth year, but he was still the beau Sagreda, as he had long been nicknamed by the noctambulous women of Maxim's and the early-rising Amazons of the Bois.

From Project Gutenberg

Her noctambulous habits often brought her into contact with the local police and sometimes with His Worship Signor Malipizzo.

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