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mid-nightmare en · ADV

Etymology

Fron mid- + nightmare.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) During a nightmare.
    • His eyes were wide and scared, as if he'd woken mid-nightmare. 2006, Marion Lennox, Princess of Convenience, page 82:

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mid-nightmare en · NOUN

Etymology

Fron mid- + nightmare.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The middle part of a nightmare, by implication the scariest part, with no end in prospect; the state of being in a nightmare.
    • […] carries us into the region of mid-nightmare, […]. 1904, The Spectator, volume 92, page 537:
    • Many times, I have seen your name in the paper— the detective who solves the mysteries in this sleepy little city that sometimes awakens in mid-nightmare. 2008, Rosalyn Wraight, Secrets and Sins, page 84:
    • Beth awoke Monday morning in mid-nightmare. 2009, Derek Ciccone, Painless, page 241: