another name for Dreamtime (sense 1). Also called: alchera
Word origin
from a native Australian language, literally: dream time
Dreamtime in British English
(ˈdriːmtaɪm)
noun
1. Also called: alchera (ˈæltʃərə), alcheringa
(in the mythology of Australian Aboriginal peoples) a mythical Golden Age of the past
2. Australian informal
any remote period, out of touch with the actualities of the present
alcheringa in American English
(ˌæltʃəˈrɪŋɡə)
noun
dreamtime
Word origin
[1895–1900; ‹ Aranda aljerreŋe]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, flamenco, frame of reference, freewheel, neon