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daymares

daymares is the plural of daymare.

daymares is the third-person singular simple present indicative of daymare.

Meaning of daymare

Noun

daymare (plural daymares)

  1. A vivid, unpleasant mental image, having the characteristics of a nightmare, during wakefulness.
    • What walks I took alone, down muddy lanes, in the bad winter weather, carrying that parlor, and Mr. and Miss Murdstone in it, everywhere: a monstrous load that I was obliged to bear, a daymare that there was no possibility of breaking in, a weight that brooded on my wits, and blunted them!1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “My Holidays. Especially One Happy Afternoon.”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 87

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Questions about daymares

What is daymares the plural of?
Daymares is the plural of daymare.

Words near daymares in the dictionary

  1. daylong
  2. dayly
  3. dayman
  4. daymare
  5. daymared
  6. daymares
  7. daymaring
  8. daymark
  9. daymarker
  10. daymarkers
  11. daymarks

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