Noctambulate
Verb
- To sleepwalk.
- To walk about at night.
Example Sentences
“He loved to noctambulate after dinner and watch the stars come out.”
“The best part of living in the city is that you’ll never noctambulate alone.”
“Both of my children noctambulated occasionally, but they grew out of it by age 10.”
Word Origin
English, mid-20th century
Why this word?
People walk for transportation, leisure, and exercise. Learning to walk is a milestone moment in human development — it’s no wonder there are plenty of synonyms in the English language for this universal activity. You can stroll, you can peregrinate (that’s “to wander from place to place”), and you can also amble, ramble, saunter, meander, jaunt, tour, march, traipse, tramp, shuffle, trudge, hike, locomote, or hoof it. If you specifically want to walk at night, you can noctambulate. This word combines the Latin for night, “nox,” and “ambulate,” another synonym for “to walk.”
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