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dreamy

[dree-mee]

Origin

adjective, dream·i·er, dream·i·est.

of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.

vague; dim.

soothing; restful; quieting: dreamy music.

given to daydreaming or reverie.

abounding in dreams; characterized by or causing dreams.

EXPAND

Informal. wonderful; marvelous: He has a dreamy new convertible.

COLLAPSE

Origin:
1560–70; dream + -y¹

Related forms

dream·i·ly, adverb

dream·i·ness, noun

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dreamy (ˈdriːmɪ)

—*adj* , dreamier, dreamiest
1.	vague or impractical
2.	resembling a dream in quality
3.	relaxing; gentle: dreamy music
4.	informal wonderful
5.	having dreams, esp daydreams

'dreamily

—*adv*

'dreaminess

—n

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Word Origin & History

dreamy

1560s, "full of dreams," from dream + -y. Meaning "perfect, ideal," attested from 1941, Amer.Eng. teen slang. Cf. Dreamboat "romantically desirable person" (1947).

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"Even people whose lives have been made various by learning, sometimes find it hard to keep a fast hold on their habitual views of life, on their faith in the Invisible—nay, on the sense that their past joys and sorrows are a real experience, when they are suddenly transported to a new land, where by beings around them know nothing of their history, and share none of their ideas—where their mother earth shows another lap, and human life has other forms than those on which their souls have been nourished. Minds that have been unhinged from their old faith and love, have perhaps sought this Lethean influence of exile, in which the past becomes dreamy because its symbols have all vanished, and the present too is dreamy because it is linked with no memories."

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