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dreaminess

dreaminess noun: the characteristic of being dreamy.

Noun

dreaminess (usually uncountable, plural dreaminesses)

  1. (usually) The characteristic of being dreamy.
    • There was a dreaminess, a pre-occupation, an exaltation, in the maternal look which the girl could not understand.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 31

Forms of dreaminess

pluraldreaminesses

Origin of dreaminess

From dreamy + -ness.

Questions about dreaminess

What does dreaminess mean?
Dreaminess means the characteristic of being dreamy.
What part of speech is dreaminess?
Dreaminess is a noun.
What is the plural of dreaminess?
The plural of dreaminess is dreaminesses.

Words near dreaminess in the dictionary

  1. dreamhouses
  2. dreamier
  3. dreamiest
  4. dreamily
  5. dreamin'
  6. dreaminess
  7. dreaminesses
  8. dreaming
  9. dreaming life
  10. dreaming lives
  11. dreaming on

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