sleeptalker en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From sleep + talker or sleeptalk + -er.
Meanings
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A person who talks unconsciously in their sleep.
Often they will wake when their sleeptalking startles another person, who then makes a noise at being woken up, waking the sleeptalker to ask the other "What's wrong?"
2008, Christian Jarrett, Joannah Ginsburg, This Book Has Issues: Adventures in Popular Psychology, Continuum, →ISBN, page 141:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sleeptalkers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |