dreamsome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From dream +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

dreamsome (comparative more dreamsome, superlative most dreamsome) (literary)

  1. Characterised or marked by dreams
    • 2007, Willa Okati, Faire Grounds:
      Lightning leaned forward, falling into the tale as Gypsies did, his attention keenly focused as Traveler went on in dreamsome sort of way.
    • 2009 (original 1892-1913), Rudyard Kipling, From Sea to Sea / Letters of Marque:
      Everything was repacked and rebound with triple ropes, and the Sahib was provided with an extra cushion; but he had reached a sort of dreamsome Nirvana, having several times bitten his tongue through, cut his boot against the wheel-edge, and twisted his legs into a true-lovers'-knot.