dreamfuladj.

Brit.

/ˈdriːmf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈdrimf(ə)l/

Forms: see dream n.² and adj. and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dream n.², -ful suffix.

Etymology: < dream n.² + -ful suffix.

Now chiefly literary and poetic.

Having or characterized by dreams; full of dreams.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [adjective] > full of or abounding in dreams

dreamful1552

dreamy1597

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dreamefull or full of dreamynge, somniculosus.

1606 J. Marston Parasitaster i. ii. sig. B4^v Thou gratefvll poyson, sleeke mischiefe Flatterie Thou dreamefull slumber (that doth fall on kings As soft and soone as their first holy oyle,) Be thou for euer dam'd.

1775 W. Hilton Poet. Wks. I. 55 No more let dreamful sleep prevail, But walk with me yon winding dale.

a1788 W. J. Mickle Siege of Marseilles in Poems & Trag. (1794) v. i. 313 While Reason sleeps..she [sc. Melancholy] impious leads The dreamful fancy.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Eleänore in Poems (new ed.) 26 Into dreamful slumber lulled.

1872 M. Collins Two Plunges for Pearl III. vii. 166 Of the Lotos-land a dreamful denizen.

1908 K. Grahame Wind in Willows vii. 161 ‘It's like..far away music,’ said the Mole, nodding drowsily. ‘So I was thinking,’ murmured the Rat, dreamful and languid.

1971 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Oct. 1222/5 The dreamful poet of the Celtic Twilight [sc. Yeats].

1994 T. Clark Junkets on Sad Planet 188 The color Steeps my brain in a dreamful fever-sleep.

Derivatives

ˈdreamfully adv. in a dreamful manner; dreamily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [adverb] > full of or abounding in dreams

dreamfullya1865

a1865 E. J. Armstrong Poems (1865) 119 She bent down And touch'd my aching forehead dreamfully With the sweet poison of her lips.

1887 Cent. Mag. July 412 Where dusk-green sway the pine-boughs dreamfully.

1998 World Lit. Today 72 355/2 Witness..Tomàs absorbed, dreamfully, in the fugue played by the organist at school.

ˈdreamfulness n. the quality or condition of being dreamful; dreaminess.

ΚΠ

1862 Duffy's Hibernian Sixpenny Mag. Mar. 228 I often thought I saw in our Helen's eyes Dawn-like breaks of the dreamfulness of an inner paradise.

1925 Musical Q. 11 359 Rameau..was a dramatist, and..his temperament oftentimes overpassed the bounds of ‘gallant’ playfulness and dreamfulness.

2004 L. Margolies My Mother's Hip ii. 63 The continuous harsh noises of the respirator..compound the dreamfulness already achieved by heavily sedating the patient.

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

单词	dreamful
释义	dreamfuladj. Brit. /ˈdriːmf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈdrimf(ə)l/ Forms: see dream n.² and adj. and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dream n.², -ful suffix. Etymology: < dream n.² + -ful suffix. Now chiefly literary and poetic. Having or characterized by dreams; full of dreams. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [adjective] > full of or abounding in dreams dreamful1552 dreamy1597 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dreamefull or full of dreamynge, somniculosus. 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster i. ii. sig. B4^v Thou gratefvll poyson, sleeke mischiefe Flatterie Thou dreamefull slumber (that doth fall on kings As soft and soone as their first holy oyle,) Be thou for euer dam'd. 1775 W. Hilton Poet. Wks. I. 55 No more let dreamful sleep prevail, But walk with me yon winding dale. a1788 W. J. Mickle Siege of Marseilles in Poems & Trag. (1794) v. i. 313 While Reason sleeps..she [sc. Melancholy] impious leads The dreamful fancy. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Eleänore in Poems (new ed.) 26 Into dreamful slumber lulled. 1872 M. Collins Two Plunges for Pearl III. vii. 166 Of the Lotos-land a dreamful denizen. 1908 K. Grahame Wind in Willows vii. 161 ‘It's like..far away music,’ said the Mole, nodding drowsily. ‘So I was thinking,’ murmured the Rat, dreamful and languid. 1971 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Oct. 1222/5 The dreamful poet of the Celtic Twilight [sc. Yeats]. 1994 T. Clark Junkets on Sad Planet 188 The color Steeps my brain in a dreamful fever-sleep. Derivatives ˈdreamfully adv. in a dreamful manner; dreamily. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [adverb] > full of or abounding in dreams dreamfullya1865 a1865 E. J. Armstrong Poems (1865) 119 She bent down And touch'd my aching forehead dreamfully With the sweet poison of her lips. 1887 Cent. Mag. July 412 Where dusk-green sway the pine-boughs dreamfully. 1998 World Lit. Today 72 355/2 Witness..Tomàs absorbed, dreamfully, in the fugue played by the organist at school. ˈdreamfulness n. the quality or condition of being dreamful; dreaminess. ΚΠ 1862 Duffy's Hibernian Sixpenny Mag. Mar. 228 I often thought I saw in our Helen's eyes Dawn-like breaks of the dreamfulness of an inner paradise. 1925 Musical Q. 11 359 Rameau..was a dramatist, and..his temperament oftentimes overpassed the bounds of ‘gallant’ playfulness and dreamfulness. 2004 L. Margolies My Mother's Hip ii. 63 The continuous harsh noises of the respirator..compound the dreamfulness already achieved by heavily sedating the patient. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1552
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