Entry: somnambulistical (adj.)
In context: "Which he does not want to mess up with any sort of telekinetic or somnambulistical shenanigans."
Definition: From somnambulance (n.): sleep-walking, somnambulism.
Other: What I really want to know, I just realized, is about shenanigans.
Trickery, skulduggery, machination, intrigue; teasing, ‘kidding’, nonsense; (usu. pl.) a plot, a trick, a prank, an exhibition of high spirits, a carry-on.
Etymology: Origin obscure.
orig. U.S.
First usage:
1855 Town Talk (San Francisco) 25 Apr. 2 Are you quite sure? No shenanigan?
SNOOT score: 2
Page: 394
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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