somniloquist
/sɒmˈnɪləkwɪst/noun
उच्चारण सॉम्निलक्विस्ट
नींद में बोलने वाला
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as one-word substitution
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[C] formal
a person who talks while asleep
नींद में बोलने वाला
- As a somniloquist, he often talked in his sleep.
- His roommate, a somniloquist, mumbled long sentences every night.
- Being a somniloquist, Arjun often answered questions in his sleep.
+ 2 more examples
- The hostel students laughed at the somniloquist in room six.
- A somniloquist may say things that he cannot remember in the morning.
Synonyms sleep-talker
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
sleep-talker
AaSpelling
som·nil·o·quist
⌂Word origin and word building
Somni- means sleep, -loqu- means speak (as in eloquent, loquacious, soliloquy).
Somni- का अर्थ नींद, -loqu- का अर्थ बोलना (eloquent, loquacious, soliloquy की तरह)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a person who talks in sleep is a somniloquist; who walks in sleep a somnambulist; who cannot sleep an insomniac; who speaks in a way that the voice seems to come from elsewhere a ventriloquist; who talks a lot a loquacious person.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: नींद में बोलने वाला somniloquist; नींद में चलने वाला somnambulist; जिसे नींद न आए insomniac; ऐसे बोलने वाला कि आवाज़ कहीं और से आती लगे ventriloquist; बहुत बोलने वाला loquacious।