Defn: A talking in sleep; the talking of one in a state of somnipathy. [R.] Coleridge.
SOMNIPATHIST
Som*nip"a*thist, n.
Defn: A person in a state of somniapathy.
SOMNIPATHY
Som*nip"a*thy, n. Etym: [L. somnus sleep + Gr.
Defn: Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like. [Written also somnopathy.]
SOMNOLENCE; SOMNOLENCY Som"no*lence, Som"no*len*cy, n. Etym: [L. somnolentia: cf. F. somnolence.]
Defn: Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
SOMNOLENT
Som"no*lent, a. Etym: [F. somnolent, L. somnolentus, from somnus
sleep, akin to Gr. svapna sleep, dream, svap to sleep, Icel. sofa,
AS. swefn sleep. Cf. Hypnotic, Somnambulism, Soporific.]
Defn: Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.
— Som"no*lent*ly, adv.
He had no eye for such phenomens, because he had a somnolent want of
interest in them. De Quincey.
SOMNOLISM
Som"no*lism, n.