dreamern.

Brit.

/ˈdriːmə/, U.S.

/ˈdrimər/

Forms: see dream v.² and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dream v.², -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < dream v.² + -er suffix¹. Compare Old Dutch drōmeri (Middle Dutch drōmere, Dutch dromer), Old High German troumāri (Middle High German troumære; compare German Träumer), Old Swedish drömare (Swedish drömmare), Danish drømmer (16th cent. as drømmere).

a. A person who dreams or is dreaming during sleep. lucid dreamer, nightmare dreamer, etc.: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun] > one who dreams

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swevenera1382

dreamera1400

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4111 Lo quar þe dremer now es cummen.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 131 Dremare, sompniator.

1576 T. Hill Moste Pleasaunte Arte Interpretacion of Dreames (new ed.) Pref. There must bee adioyned dexterity in learning, w^tout the which neyther can this art nor any other be vsed in their right kindes, but al erronious, no profit shall ryse to y^e Dreamer.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vi. iii. 189 The Jewish Doctors..constantly prefer the Oneirocriticks of them to the Dreamers themselves.

1731 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 387/1 He thump'd the Table with his fist in so violent a manner, as startled the Dreamer out of his Sleep.

a1845 S. Smith Elem. Sketches Moral Philos. (1850) v. 75 Systematic dreamers—those who walk in their sleep—have seldom or ever the most distant recollections that they have been dreaming at all.

1888 W. C. Russell Death Ship III. 3 Faces whose expressionlessness forbade your comparing them to sleeping dreamers.

1934 Discovery Aug. 239/1 In dreams the dreamer appears sometimes to move out of one dimension of time into another.

2005 N.Y. Times Mag. 7 Aug. 68/2 Like a dreamer seeing herself fall off a cliff, I can't let myself get to the bottom, can't imagine the final splat.

b. A person who has visions, ideals, or fantasies, esp. one who indulges in impractical or unrealistic plans; a daydreamer; (now also in more positive sense) a visionary, an idealist. See also daydreamer n., pipe-dreamer n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > fanciful person

dreamera1425

fantast1588

fantastical1589

fantastic1598

maggot-monger1607

Sabine1610

maggot-patea1640

wham1691

whim1712

visionarya1719

imaginariana1729

ideologue1815

ideologist1818

fancier1828

idealist1829

abstractionist1844

phantasist1864

dreamsmith1873

luftmensch1902

cuckoo-lander1916

fantasist1923

pie-in-the-skyer1973

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 375 (MED) Errour in sich wittis makiþ many dremeris to faile, for þei taken noon hede to good liif, but to fals opynyouns here.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 96 (MED) Sum tyme men wen to see a þing wan þei see it not, os is schewid bi jogulors, dremers, and rafars.

1547 J. Bale Lattre Examinacyon A. Askewe f. 60 It serueth all wytches in their wytcherye, all sorcerers, charmers, inchaunters, dreamers, sothsayers, necromansers, [etc.].

?1548 tr. J. Calvin Faythfvl Treat. Sacrament sig. Bj^v Vnlesse we wyll be verie dreamars and blockheades.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 26 He is a Dreamer, let vs leaue him.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccxciii. 367 The most Wretched sort of People..are your Dreamers upon Events..and Putters of Cases.

1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 330 He desired them to have no regard to what that foolish Dreamer had said.

1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iv. 119 We have indeed some of Balaam's Dreamers.

1848 Christian Reformer Dec. 747 The author is no Utopian dreamer or social leveller.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 691 He was not..the first great discoverer whom princes and statesmen had regarded as a dreamer.

1922 G. S. Hall Senescence iii. 123 He is a great dreamer and forgets where he puts things.

1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 Oct. 86/1 People who build institutions (‘brick and mortar’ folks, not mere dreamers and schemers).

2007 Yoga Mag. Oct. 49/1 This makes us brilliant innovators, forward-thinking dreamers and daringly ambitious artists.

†2. The swallow-winged puffbird, Chelidoptera tenebrosa. Obsolete. rare.The name dark dreamer was probably intended to distinguish the most widespread variety from regional forms with paler markings.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Bucconidae (puff-bird)

puffbird1821

dreamer1869

1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds III. Contents p. iv The Dreamers (Chelidoptera):—The Dark Dreamer.

1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds III. 98 The Dreamers (Chelidoptera)... Prince von Wied..describes it as quiet and solitary in its habits, passing the greatest part of the day in perching almost motionless upon the topmost twigs, and scarcely rousing from its state of drowsy apathy even when approached within a few paces of its resting-place.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dreamer
释义	dreamern. Brit. /ˈdriːmə/, U.S. /ˈdrimər/ Forms: see dream v.² and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dream v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: < dream v.² + -er suffix¹. Compare Old Dutch drōmeri (Middle Dutch drōmere, Dutch dromer), Old High German troumāri (Middle High German troumære; compare German Träumer), Old Swedish drömare (Swedish drömmare), Danish drømmer (16th cent. as drømmere). 1. a. A person who dreams or is dreaming during sleep. lucid dreamer, nightmare dreamer, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun] > one who dreams meter?a1300 swevenera1382 dreamera1400 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4111 Lo quar þe dremer now es cummen. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 131 Dremare, sompniator. 1576 T. Hill Moste Pleasaunte Arte Interpretacion of Dreames (new ed.) Pref. There must bee adioyned dexterity in learning, w^tout the which neyther can this art nor any other be vsed in their right kindes, but al erronious, no profit shall ryse to y^e Dreamer. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vi. iii. 189 The Jewish Doctors..constantly prefer the Oneirocriticks of them to the Dreamers themselves. 1731 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 387/1 He thump'd the Table with his fist in so violent a manner, as startled the Dreamer out of his Sleep. a1845 S. Smith Elem. Sketches Moral Philos. (1850) v. 75 Systematic dreamers—those who walk in their sleep—have seldom or ever the most distant recollections that they have been dreaming at all. 1888 W. C. Russell Death Ship III. 3 Faces whose expressionlessness forbade your comparing them to sleeping dreamers. 1934 Discovery Aug. 239/1 In dreams the dreamer appears sometimes to move out of one dimension of time into another. 2005 N.Y. Times Mag. 7 Aug. 68/2 Like a dreamer seeing herself fall off a cliff, I can't let myself get to the bottom, can't imagine the final splat. b. A person who has visions, ideals, or fantasies, esp. one who indulges in impractical or unrealistic plans; a daydreamer; (now also in more positive sense) a visionary, an idealist. See also daydreamer n., pipe-dreamer n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > fanciful person dreamera1425 fantast1588 fantastical1589 fantastic1598 maggot-monger1607 Sabine1610 maggot-patea1640 wham1691 whim1712 visionarya1719 imaginariana1729 ideologue1815 ideologist1818 fancier1828 idealist1829 abstractionist1844 phantasist1864 dreamsmith1873 luftmensch1902 cuckoo-lander1916 fantasist1923 pie-in-the-skyer1973 a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 375 (MED) Errour in sich wittis makiþ many dremeris to faile, for þei taken noon hede to good liif, but to fals opynyouns here. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 96 (MED) Sum tyme men wen to see a þing wan þei see it not, os is schewid bi jogulors, dremers, and rafars. 1547 J. Bale Lattre Examinacyon A. Askewe f. 60 It serueth all wytches in their wytcherye, all sorcerers, charmers, inchaunters, dreamers, sothsayers, necromansers, [etc.]. ?1548 tr. J. Calvin Faythfvl Treat. Sacrament sig. Bj^v Vnlesse we wyll be verie dreamars and blockheades. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 26 He is a Dreamer, let vs leaue him. View more context for this quotation 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccxciii. 367 The most Wretched sort of People..are your Dreamers upon Events..and Putters of Cases. 1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 330 He desired them to have no regard to what that foolish Dreamer had said. 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iv. 119 We have indeed some of Balaam's Dreamers. 1848 Christian Reformer Dec. 747 The author is no Utopian dreamer or social leveller. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 691 He was not..the first great discoverer whom princes and statesmen had regarded as a dreamer. 1922 G. S. Hall Senescence iii. 123 He is a great dreamer and forgets where he puts things. 1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 Oct. 86/1 People who build institutions (‘brick and mortar’ folks, not mere dreamers and schemers). 2007 Yoga Mag. Oct. 49/1 This makes us brilliant innovators, forward-thinking dreamers and daringly ambitious artists. †2. The swallow-winged puffbird, Chelidoptera tenebrosa. Obsolete. rare.The name dark dreamer was probably intended to distinguish the most widespread variety from regional forms with paler markings. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Bucconidae (puff-bird) puffbird1821 dreamer1869 1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds III. Contents p. iv The Dreamers (Chelidoptera):—The Dark Dreamer. 1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds III. 98 The Dreamers (Chelidoptera)... Prince von Wied..describes it as quiet and solitary in its habits, passing the greatest part of the day in perching almost motionless upon the topmost twigs, and scarcely rousing from its state of drowsy apathy even when approached within a few paces of its resting-place. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400
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