somnambulism means sleepwalking. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
somnambulism is pronounced /sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪzəm/.
Why “somnambulism” is a great word
SOMNAMBULISM — [Noun] The act or condition of walking or performing other complex behaviors while in a state of sleep. From French somnambulisme, from New Latin somnambulus, from Latin somnus ("sleep") + ambulō ("to walk"), with the suffix -ism. Unlike insomnia, which is a failure to enter sleep, or narcolepsy, a failure to maintain it, somnambulism is a functional paradox—a ghost in the living machine. It is the deliberate descent of a moonlit staircase, the fumbling of a lock in perfect dark, the soft, coherent mumble to an empty room. Here, the conscious mind is not the sole tenant of the house.
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- sleepwalking“Meanwhile, towards the twelfth century, there come to be two weaknesses attached to this state of half-grown youth: by night somnambulism; in the daytime seeing of visions, trance, and the gift of tears.”