castle-buildern.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: castle n., builder n.

Etymology: < castle n. + builder n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcastle-ˌbuilder.

One who builds castles; commonly, one who builds castles in the air (see castle n. 11), a day-dreamer, a visionary schemer.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] > one who daydreams

musardc1330

John-a-dreams1603

air-monger1628

castle-builder1711

daydreamer1750

castle-hunter1752

Alnaschar1800

reverist1824

stargazer1843

Johnny Head-in-the-Air?1851

pipe-dreamer1899

head-in-air1932

Walter Mitty1947

Mitty1953

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 167. ⁋3 One of that Species of Men..denominated Castle-Builders, who scorn to be beholden to the Earth for a Foundation.

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall II. 36 I have been always something of a castle-builder.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 376 All day-dreamers and castle-builders.

Derivatives

ˈcastle-ˌbuilding n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [adjective]

dreaminga1500

castle-building1740

daydreaming1814

daydreamyc1816

wool-gathering1850

head-in-air1880

Walter Mittyish1954

Mittyish1956

Mittyesque1958

Mitty-like1961

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] > daydreaming

dreaminga1400

musardryc1450

musardy1481

wool-gathering1608

woolling1705

castle-building1740

aerial architecture1750

Alnascharism1812

daydreaming1816

pipe dreaming1902

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen Pref. 7 Enthusiasm, Romanceing, and Castle-building.

1750 Student 1 No. 6. 223 Castle-building, or the science of aerial architecture.

1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. i. 11 The castle-building father bestowed almost all his thoughts for the next half-hour on the new rector.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. v. 55 As I lay castle-building.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxiii. 272 Reverie or Castle-building, is a kind of waking dream.

ˈcastle-built adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [adjective] > of the nature of daydreams

castle-built1841

super-real1841

super-real1859

pipe-dreamy1899

superrealistic1925

surreal1937

1841 J. W. Orderson Creoleana xx. 242 Castle-built schemes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	castle-builder
释义	castle-buildern. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: castle n., builder n. Etymology: < castle n. + builder n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcastle-ˌbuilder. One who builds castles; commonly, one who builds castles in the air (see castle n. 11), a day-dreamer, a visionary schemer. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] > one who daydreams musardc1330 John-a-dreams1603 air-monger1628 castle-builder1711 daydreamer1750 castle-hunter1752 Alnaschar1800 reverist1824 stargazer1843 Johnny Head-in-the-Air?1851 pipe-dreamer1899 head-in-air1932 Walter Mitty1947 Mitty1953 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 167. ⁋3 One of that Species of Men..denominated Castle-Builders, who scorn to be beholden to the Earth for a Foundation. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall II. 36 I have been always something of a castle-builder. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 376 All day-dreamers and castle-builders. Derivatives ˈcastle-ˌbuilding n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [adjective] dreaminga1500 castle-building1740 daydreaming1814 daydreamyc1816 wool-gathering1850 head-in-air1880 Walter Mittyish1954 Mittyish1956 Mittyesque1958 Mitty-like1961 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] > daydreaming dreaminga1400 musardryc1450 musardy1481 wool-gathering1608 woolling1705 castle-building1740 aerial architecture1750 Alnascharism1812 daydreaming1816 pipe dreaming1902 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen Pref. 7 Enthusiasm, Romanceing, and Castle-building. 1750 Student 1 No. 6. 223 Castle-building, or the science of aerial architecture. 1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. i. 11 The castle-building father bestowed almost all his thoughts for the next half-hour on the new rector. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. v. 55 As I lay castle-building. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxiii. 272 Reverie or Castle-building, is a kind of waking dream. ˈcastle-built adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [adjective] > of the nature of daydreams castle-built1841 super-real1841 super-real1859 pipe-dreamy1899 superrealistic1925 surreal1937 1841 J. W. Orderson Creoleana xx. 242 Castle-built schemes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1711
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