Dreamish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a dream or the state of dreaming.

    "Sometimes a faintish, dizzy feeling flits through my brain, the ground and the mountains begin to quiver. The shout of a Bedouin rouses me from a dreamish stupor, to a keener desire for water. O for a cup of the cold water at my father's door!"

Example

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"Sometimes a faintish, dizzy feeling flits through my brain, the ground and the mountains begin to quiver. The shout of a Bedouin rouses me from a dreamish stupor, to a keener desire for water. O for a cup of the cold water at my father's door!"

Etymology

From dream + -ish.

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