Daymare
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A vivid, unpleasant mental image, having the characteristics of a nightmare, during wakefulness.
"What walks I took alone, down muddy lanes, in the bad winter weather, carrying that parlor, and Mr. and Miss Murdstone in it, everywhere: a monstrous load that I was obliged to bear, a daymare that there was no possibility of breaking in, a weight that brooded on my wits, and blunted them!"
- 1 To have a daymare. intransitive, transitive
"There must be something better to spend my precious time daymaring."
Example
More examples"What walks I took alone, down muddy lanes, in the bad winter weather, carrying that parlor, and Mr. and Miss Murdstone in it, everywhere: a monstrous load that I was obliged to bear, a daymare that there was no possibility of breaking in, a weight that brooded on my wits, and blunted them!"
Etymology
From day + mare, after nightmare.
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