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dreamsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From dream + -some.

Meanings

1. (literary) Characterised or marked by dreams.
   • Lightning leaned forward, falling into the tale as Gypsies did, his attention keenly focused as Traveler went on in dreamsome sort of way. 2007, Willa Okati, Faire Grounds:
   • 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. 2009 (original 1892-1913), Rudyard Kipling, From Sea to Sea / Letters of Marque

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