DREAM, DREAMER, DREAMING, DREAMLAND, DREAMY
ADJECTIVES
► ADREAMED dreaming, dozing → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES giving the impression of being in a dream-world, mad, or distracted → 1934
► DEAD TO THE WIDE WORLD ► DEAD TO THE WORLD lost in a dream, day-dreaming, unconscious of one’s surroundings → 20C sl., orig. US
► DRETCHED vexed or disturbed by dreams → 16C obs.
► FAR BEN dreamy, abstracted, distant; said of the eyes, a look, etc. → 1918 Sc.
► FOG-BOUND dreamy → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► IN THE CLOUDS dreamy → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► LOTOPHAGOUS idle, indolent, dreamy → 1855
► MOONEY ► MOONY dreamy; absent-minded; listless → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► ONEIRIC belonging to dreams → 1859
► ONEIROCRITIC practising or expert in the interpretation of dreams → 1775
► ONEIROCRITICAL ► ONIROCRITICAL practising or expert in the interpretation of dreams → 1588
► OUT TO THE WIDE lost in a dream, day-dreaming, unconscious of one’s surroundings → 20C sl., orig. US
► PIPE-DREAMY dreamy → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► SOMNIATORY pertaining to dreams or dreaming → a1693 obs.
► STANDING THERE LIKE A TIT IN A TRANCE dreamy, abstracted → 20C UK sl.
► STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A BLATHER O’ LARD dreamy, abstracted → 20C UK sl.
► STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A SIDE OF BEEF dreamy, abstracted → 20C UK sl.
ADVERBS
► A-DREAM dreaming → 1854
► ONEIROCRITICALLY in relation to the interpretation of dreams → 1816
NOUNS
► CANDY STORE a place where wide-eyed dreams are a or may be fulfilled → 1990 US sl.
► CARAWIMPLE a dream; a mere fiction → 1672 obs.
► DWAAL a dreamy, dazed, or absent-minded state → 1957 S. Afr.
► LA-DI-DA LAND dreamland; a state of being out of touch with reality → 1987 US sl.
► LA-LA LAND dreamland; a state of being out of touch with reality → 1985 US sl.
► MURPHY the god of dreams, used with reference to his ability to induce dreams or sleep → 1750 colloq.
► MUSARDRY foolish or idle dreaming; sloth → c1450 obs.
► MUSARDY foolish or idle dreaming; sloth → 1481 obs.
► NAUGHTY-DREAM a lascivious dream → 1673 sl.
► ONEIROCRISY an interpreting dreams → 1653 obs.
► ONEIROCRITICISM an interpreting dreams → 1614
► ONEIROCRITICS an interpreting dreams → 1614
► ONEIROLOGY the science or subject of dreams, or of their interpretation → 1818
► ONEIROSCOPY an interpretation of dreams; examination of dreams → 1727
► ONIROCRITICISM an interpreting dreams → 1614
► RANNERS wild, indistinct dreams → Bk1905 N. Ireland
► SUMMER-DREAM a pleasant or happy dream → 1820
► SWEVEN a dream, a vision → 897 obs.
► SWEVENING dreaming; a dream → 1275 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABSTRACTIONIST an impractical dreamer; an idealist → 1844 US depreciative usage
► FANTAST ► PHANTAST a dreamer, a visionary; a flighty, impulsive person → 1588
► GANDER a dreamy fool → 1553
► HEAD-IN-AIR a dreamer; an absent-minded or unworldly person → 1932
► HEAD-TRIPPER a day-dreamer → 1999 sl.
► JACK-A-DREAMS a mere dreamer; one who wastes his life → Bk1903
► JOHN-A-DREAMS a dreamy fellow → 1603
► JOHNNY HEAD-IN-AIR a dreamy fellow → 1851 colloq.
► JOHNNY HEAD-IN-THE-AIR a dreamy fellow → 1958 colloq.
► LUFTMENSCH an impractical dreamer; a person who indulges in impractical or unrealistic plans → 1902 chiefly Jewish usage
► MONONEIRIST a person who has only ever dreamed once → 1763 obs.
► MOONCALF a person who idles time away in dreaming; an absent-minded, distracted person → a1627
► MOPE a dreamy, dim-witted, or miserable person → M16 sl.
► MOPUS a dreamer; a dull, inactive, stupid, or ineffectual person → a1635 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MOPY a dull, listless, dreamy person; one not over-bright in intellect → 1870 Sc.
► MUSARD a dreamer, a fool, an idler; a wretch → c1330 obs.
► ONEIROCRIT ► ONIROCRIT ► ONEIROCRITE an interpreter of dreams → 1693 obs.
► ONEIROCRITIC ► ONIROCRITIC an interpreter of dreams → a1652
► ONEIROLOGIST a person versed in the subject of dreams → 1834
► ONEIROPOLIST ► ONIROPOLIST an interpreter of dreams → 1652 obs.
► ONEIROPOMPIST a sender of dreams → 1652 obs.
► ONEIROSCOPIST a person versed in the interpretation of dreams → 1727
► PRUNE a dreamer; an eccentric → c1900 Amer. sl.
VERBS
► BE ADREAMED to dream, to be visited by a dream → 1556 obs.
► CAST to interpret a dream → 1382 obs.
► CONSOMNIATE to dream → 1623 obs.
► FALL AFTER to come true; said of a dream → c1400 obs.
► MEASEN to be in a dreamy state; to act slothfully → 1876 Eng. dial.
► NAZZLE to be in a dreamy, stupid, abstracted state → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► OOR to dream, to muse, to doze, to be half-asleep → 1908 Sc.
► SWEVEN to dream → 1000 obs.