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nightdream

UK/ˈnaɪtdɹiːm/

nightdream noun: a dream that is experienced while sleeping at night, as distinguished from a daydream.

Noun

nightdream (plural nightdreams)

  1. A dream that is experienced while sleeping at night, as distinguished from a daydream.
    • You have black nightdreams, I know, for I have sat by you as you slept and heard you talk and seen your terror, which would soon destroy you if you could recall it, as one night showed.1937, Fritz Leiber, The Terror from the Depths
    • SEBAS-A variables pertinent to sexual orientation covered […] romantic/sexual daydreams, romantic/sexual nightdreams, […].2007 December 22, Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg et al., “Sexual Orientation in Women with Classical or Non-classical Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia as a Function of Degree of Prenatal”, in Archives of...

Forms of nightdream

pluralnightdreams

Origin of nightdream

From night + dream.

Questions about nightdream

What does nightdream mean?
Nightdream means a dream that is experienced while sleeping at night, as distinguished from a daydream.
What part of speech is nightdream?
Nightdream is a noun.
How do you pronounce nightdream?
Nightdream is pronounced /ˈnaɪtdɹiːm/ (UK).
What is the plural of nightdream?
The plural of nightdream is nightdreams.

Words near nightdream in the dictionary

  1. nightclublike
  2. nightclubs
  3. nightcore
  4. nightcrawler
  5. nightcrawlers
  6. nightdream
  7. nightdreaming
  8. nightdreams
  9. nightdress
  10. nightdressed
  11. nightdresses

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