sleepwrite

English

Etymology

From sleep +‎ write.

Pronunciation

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Verb

sleepwrite (third-person singular simple present sleepwrites, present participle sleepwriting, simple past sleepwrote, past participle sleepwritten)

1. (rare) To write in one's sleep.
   • 1952, Morris McNeil Musselman, Second Honeymoon, page 5:

     At first it seemed like a very painless way to get my work done and I told Milly to let me sleepwrite as much as I liked. We discovered, however, that although my subconscious might lead me to the typewriter, it couldn't make me think.

   • 1984, Denton Welch, Michael De-la-Noy, The journals of Denton Welch, page 260:

     What a pity one cannot sleepwrite on the ceiling with one's finger or lifted toe.