somniloquy

somniloquy
somniloquy [sämnil′ə kwē, səmnil′ə kwē]
n.
< L somnus, sleep (see SOMNUS) + loqui, to speak
1. the act or habit of talking while asleep
2. the words so spoken
somniloquist
n.

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som·nil·o·quy (sŏm-nĭlʹə-kwē) n. pl. som·nil·o·quies
The act or habit of talking in one's sleep.
  [somni- + Latin loquī, to speak; see soliloquy.]   som·nilʹo·quist n.

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