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dreamsome

dreamsome adjective: characterised or marked by dreams.

Adjective

dreamsome (comparative more dreamsome, superlative most dreamsome)

  1. (literary) Characterised or marked by dreams.
    • Lightning leaned forward, falling into the tale as Gypsies did, his attention keenly focused as Traveler went on in dreamsome sort of way.2007, Willa Okati, Faire Grounds
    • Everything was repacked and rebound with triple ropes, and the Sahib was provided with an extra cushion; but he had reached a sort of dreamsome Nirvana, having several times bitten his tongue through, cut his boot against the wheel-edge, and twisted his legs into a true-lovers'-knot.2009 (original 1892-1913), Rudyard Kipling, From Sea to Sea / Letters of Marque

Forms of dreamsome

comparativemore dreamsome
superlativemost dreamsome

Origin of dreamsome

From dream + -some.

Questions about dreamsome

What does dreamsome mean?
Dreamsome means characterised or marked by dreams.
What part of speech is dreamsome?
Dreamsome is an adjective.

Words near dreamsome in the dictionary

  1. dreamsful
  2. dreamsick
  3. dreamsicle
  4. dreamsign
  5. dreamsigns
  6. dreamsome
  7. dreamster
  8. dreamsters
  9. dreamt
  10. dreamt on
  11. dreamt up

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