somnambulist - noun - someone who sleepwalks
Many of you have probably heard this word before, but it doesn't get a lot of use because somnambulism is more common in children than in adults. In adults, it is usually a sign of a psychological malady. According to Google, the word is Latin is origin: somnambulus or "sleepwalker." Whenever the term is used, I automatically think of nefarious Anglo-Saxon Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare's very well fleshed out, psychotic character who is somnambulistic due to her guilt over teaming up with her schizoid husband, King Macbeth, to murder his predecessor King Duncan and rearrange Scotland unfavorably. You should remember her famed sleepwalk at the beginning of Act V if you paid attention in Brit Lit when you were in high school. When I was a teacher of Brit Lit, I taught the play for seven consecutive Octobers in my own classroom. Consequently, it is still ingrained in my brain. But not to the point at which I, too, am a somnambulist. Thank Goodness for small favors.
In any case, please permit me to leave you with a bit of advice. If you tend to sleepwalk through life, not really noticing all of the beauty that surrounds you, please take heed. Daytime somnambulists tend to miss out on a lot. If anything, be a nocturnal somnambulist. That way, you can just miss hitting furniture if you are lucky as opposed to show-stopping sensory details in the daylight.
Enjoy your Wednesday!
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