noctambulous

noctambulous
\(ˈ)näk|tambyələs\ adjective
Etymology: noctambulation + -ous
: of, relating to, or given to walking by night

given way to noctambulous habits — Times Literary Supplement

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/nok tam"byeuh leuhs/, adj.
of, pertaining to, or given to sleepwalking.
Also, noctambulant, noctambulistic.
[1725-35; NOCT- + L ambul(are) to walk + -OUS]

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