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单词 noctambulism
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noctambulismn.

Brit. /nɒkˈtambjᵿlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /nɑkˈtæmbjəˌlɪz(ə)m/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French noctambulisme.
Etymology: < French noctambulisme sleepwalking (1765) < noctambule noctambule n. + -isme -ism suffix. Compare Italian nottambulismo (1770), Spanish noctambulismo . Compare earlier noctambulist n. and also earlier somnambulism n. at somn- comb. form .
The action of walking or moving about at night; esp. somnambulism, sleepwalking; an instance of this. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep
walking1607
night walking1621
noctambulation1721
somnambulation1794
sleepwalking1797
somnambulism1797
noctambulism1807
somnambulency1829
somnambulance1885
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [noun] > sleep-walking
night walking1621
noctambulation1721
somnambulation1794
sleepwalking1797
somnambulism1797
noctambulism1807
somnambulency1829
somnambulance1885
1807 J. Martin Fr. Homonyms 52 Noctambulisme, noctambulism.
1819 F. Corbaux tr. S. E. von Redern On Sentient Faculty 42 State of noctambulism. This has a greater affinity with the waking, than with the sleeping state.
1824 J. G. Gorton tr. Voltaire Philos. Dict. VI. 135 Such is precisely what came to pass in your noctambulism.
1851 J. C. Colquhoun Hist. Magic I. 55 The phenomenon of the natural Somnambulism, or Noctambulism, was well known to the ancients.
1944 J. Flanner Darlinghissima (1985) 23 Yours and with all my tender thoughts and noctambulisms of the spirit.
1999 S. M. Whiting Satie the Bohemian 534 The scenario, entitled Après-dîner, depicted the noctambulism of a band of men-about-town.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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