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ˈcastle-ˌbuilder
One who builds castles; commonly, one who builds castles in the air (see castle n. 11), a day-dreamer, a visionary schemer.
1711Steele Spect. No. 167 ⁋3 One of that Species of Men..denominated Castle-Builders, who scorn to be beholden to the Earth for a Foundation. 1822Irving Braceb. Hall II. 36, I have been always something of a castle-builder. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets xi. 376 All day-dreamers and castle-builders.
So ˈcastle-ˌbuilding vbl. n. and ppl. a.; ˈcastle-built ppl. a.
1740Cheyne Regim. Pref. 7 Enthusiasm, Romanceing, and Castle-building. 1750Student I. 223 (T.) Castle-building, or the science of aerial architecture. 1833H. Martineau Berkeley the B. i. i. 11 The castle-building father bestowed almost all his thoughts for the next half-hour on the new rector. 1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. xxxiii. (1859) II. 272 Reverie or Castle-building, is a kind of waking dream. 1841J. W. Orderson Creol. xx. 242 Castle-built schemes. 1850Kingsley Alt. Locke xxvi. 191 As I lay castle-building. |