Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To sleepwalk.

  2. (intransitive)To walk about at night.

Origin

First attested in 1955; back-formation from noctambulation (1721) on the basis of -ate (ve

First attested in 1955; back-formation from noctambulation (1721) on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix); compare French noctambuler (1866).

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Forms

noctambulates, noctambulating, noctambulated, noctambulated
Base formnoctambulate · to noctambulate
3rd person singularnoctambulates
Present participlenoctambulating
Past simplenoctambulated
Past participlenoctambulated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynoctambulate
he, she, itnoctambulates

Past simpleLesson

all personsnoctambulated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave noctambulated
he, she, ithas noctambulated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill noctambulate

Synonyms

1 synonyms
sleepwalk

Word family

6 related words
Relatednoctambulantnoctambulationnoctambulismnoctambulistnoctambulonoctambulous

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nobodyA2nobody'snocturnalC1nodB2
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