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dreamy, a.|ˈdriːmɪ|
[f. dream n.2 + -y1.]
1. Full of or abounding in dreams; characterized by dreaming or by causing dreams.
1567Triall Treas. (1850) 6 Thou goest like a dromeldory, dreamy and drousy. 1830Tennyson Mariana vi, All day within the dreamy house, The doors upon their hinges creak'd. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xvi. 196 A dreamy but intense slumber. 1859Lang Wand. India 196 Having spent a very dreamy night.
2. Given or pertaining to reverie or fancy.
1809C. Lloyd in Athenæum 2 Mar. (1895) 282/1 In fact he [Coleridge] attends to nothing but dreamy reading & still more dreamy feelings. 1845James A. Neil iv, Her words were spoken in one of those strange dreamy moods, that sometimes fall upon her. 1871L. Stephen Playgr. Eur. ix. (1894) 218 To enjoy an Alpine view properly, one should at times be dreamy and sentimental.
3. a. Characteristic of, or of the nature of, a dream; dream-like; vague, indistinct; also, of the eyes, or a colour: misty, dim, or cloudy.
1848Keble Serm. Pref. 54 To slight it altogether, as a dreamy, unreal kind of thing. 1859Kingsley Misc. (1860) II. 243 A single stockdove..began calling sadly and softly, with a dreamy peaceful moan. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 20 He has a dreamy recollection of hearing [it]. 1884F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer I. 26 She has deep blue eyes, wide apart and dreamy. 1893Daily News 27 Nov. 6/1 Cloth in a soft and dreamy tone of sea blue.
b. Perfect, ideal; delightful, beautiful. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
1941Life 27 Jan. 79/2 Subdebs use a great many adjectives... The list merely begins with..dreamy and super. 1952S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1953) xiv. 233 ‘Let us find a cool and lovely garden restaurant and have a slow, exquisite dinner...’ ‘O.K., Russ... Sounds dreamy.’ 1953M. Dickens No More Meadows viii. 307 She said she had a date with a dreamy boy. 1958Spectator 10 Jan. 38/2, I have a Ford Edsel, the first to be imported here, it's dreamy, all electric push-buttons. 1959‘N. Blake’ Widow's Cruise 67 The water's absolutely dreamy. And I bet you're a super swimmer.
4. Comb., as dreamy-eyed, dreamy-minded, etc.
1884G. Moore Mummer's Wife (1887) 171 The dreamy-minded musician. 1892‘Mark Twain’ Amer. Claim. 17 A dreamy-eyed young fellow. 1958E. H. Clements Uncommon Cold i. 29 She looked devoted and very intellectual... And sensitive. Dreamy-eyed. |