dreamlandn.

Brit.

/ˈdriːmland/, U.S.

/ˈdrimˌlænd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dream n.², land n.¹

Etymology: < dream n.² + land n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier dream world n.

1. The place seen or visited in dreams, and existing only in the imagination; the world of dreams; (hence) sleep. Cf. the land of Nod at nod n.¹ 5b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun] > world of

dream world1817

dreamland1826

dreamscape1967

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun]

sleepc825

swevenOE

swevetOE

repasta1382

slumberc1386

lib1665

the land of Nod1738

balmy1841

shut-eye1899

beddy-byes1906

dreamland1912

sleepy-bye1925

sack drill1946

sack duty1954

zed1973

1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 668/1 Twilight looked lovelier than dream-land, in the reflected glimmer of the snow.

1840 A. C. Coxe Christian Ballads 76 In Dreamland once I saw a Church..And Dreamland Church was decent all.

1885 J. R. Lowell in Times 8 May 4/1 One poem, the ‘Ancient Mariner’,..is marvellous in its mastery over delightfully fortuitous inconsequence that is the adamantine logic of dreamland.

1899 New Outlook 30 Dec. 1032/1 Rock-a-by! Rock-a-by! Baby shall ride 'Way off to Dreamland with me by her side.

1912 Boys' Life Dec. 19/1 A wild whoop that brought the snoring Abe out of dreamland with a very scared look on his face.

1996 A. Alvarez Night iv. 209 After Surrealism, the Romantic fascination with dreamland was belatedly reborn as Magical Realism.

2011 J. Black Dark Descendant xiv. 171 Sleep was an impossibility, no matter how much I might prefer to escape my situation by slipping into dreamland.

2. An imagined place or state of existence, esp. one that is unrealistically ideal; (also) a state of fantasy. Cf. never-never land n. 2, cloudland n. 2, cloud-cuckoo-land n. b.

ΘΚΠ

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

fantasyc1325

fairyc1330

illusionc1374

mazec1390

phantasma1398

dream1489

phantom1557

seeming1576

phantasma1598

fancy1609

hallucinationa1652

phantastry1656

phasm1659

fata Morgana1818

dreamland1832

stardust1906

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > ideal place > [noun]

heaveneOE

land of behesta1200

Cockaigne?c1335

Fortunate Islands?a1475

eutopia1553

utopia1601

horny gate (also port)1605

nonsucha1618

Americaa1631

El Dorado1788

other world1804

Cockneyland1817

cloud-cuckoo-land1824

Fiddler's Green1825

dreamland1832

Neverland1892

never-never land1900

Big Rock Candy Mountain1917

brave new world1933

Xanadu1948

Disneyland1956

ecotopia1975

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > realm of imagination > [noun] > imaginary place

fairyc1330

rumbelow?1515

Hogs Norton?1565

fairyland1600

wonderland1790

other world1804

dreamland1832

Fourth World1833

cloudland1846

Loamshire1859

looking-glass land1871

looking-glass world1871

under-land1874

cloud-world1884

Speewah1890

Ruritania1894

cloud-cuckoo-land1899

cuckoo-land1916

fantasy world1920

Squaresville1956

la-la land1979

1832 F. A. Butler Jrnl. 23 Nov. (1835) I. 229 The old feudal world..: the hallowed ground of legend history; the dream-land of fancy and of poetry.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. i. 59 This England of the Year 1200 was no chimerical vacuity or dreamland.

1895 Tablet 20 July 108 A dreamland scheme of conditional reunion.

1919 Times 28 Mar. 7/3 Your two anonymous correspondents..seem to me to have been living in dreamland.

1995 Newsweek 8 May 71/2 A digital dreamland where you'll apply for loans, pay bills and buy mutual funds from your living room with a click of the mouse.

2006 J. Raimes Gardening at Ginger xiv. 142 That's what I want our perennial beds to be like. Well, no I don't, because I live in reality, not dreamland.

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

单词	dreamland
释义	dreamlandn. Brit. /ˈdriːmland/, U.S. /ˈdrimˌlænd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dream n.², land n.¹ Etymology: < dream n.² + land n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier dream world n. 1. The place seen or visited in dreams, and existing only in the imagination; the world of dreams; (hence) sleep. Cf. the land of Nod at nod n.¹ 5b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun] > world of dream world1817 dreamland1826 dreamscape1967 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] sleepc825 swevenOE swevetOE repasta1382 slumberc1386 lib1665 the land of Nod1738 balmy1841 shut-eye1899 beddy-byes1906 dreamland1912 sleepy-bye1925 sack drill1946 sack duty1954 zed1973 1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 668/1 Twilight looked lovelier than dream-land, in the reflected glimmer of the snow. 1840 A. C. Coxe Christian Ballads 76 In Dreamland once I saw a Church..And Dreamland Church was decent all. 1885 J. R. Lowell in Times 8 May 4/1 One poem, the ‘Ancient Mariner’,..is marvellous in its mastery over delightfully fortuitous inconsequence that is the adamantine logic of dreamland. 1899 New Outlook 30 Dec. 1032/1 Rock-a-by! Rock-a-by! Baby shall ride 'Way off to Dreamland with me by her side. 1912 Boys' Life Dec. 19/1 A wild whoop that brought the snoring Abe out of dreamland with a very scared look on his face. 1996 A. Alvarez Night iv. 209 After Surrealism, the Romantic fascination with dreamland was belatedly reborn as Magical Realism. 2011 J. Black Dark Descendant xiv. 171 Sleep was an impossibility, no matter how much I might prefer to escape my situation by slipping into dreamland. 2. An imagined place or state of existence, esp. one that is unrealistically ideal; (also) a state of fantasy. Cf. never-never land n. 2, cloudland n. 2, cloud-cuckoo-land n. b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun] fantasyc1325 fairyc1330 illusionc1374 mazec1390 phantasma1398 dream1489 phantom1557 seeming1576 phantasma1598 fancy1609 hallucinationa1652 phantastry1656 phasm1659 fata Morgana1818 dreamland1832 stardust1906 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > ideal place > [noun] heaveneOE land of behesta1200 Cockaigne?c1335 Fortunate Islands?a1475 eutopia1553 utopia1601 horny gate (also port)1605 nonsucha1618 Americaa1631 El Dorado1788 other world1804 Cockneyland1817 cloud-cuckoo-land1824 Fiddler's Green1825 dreamland1832 Neverland1892 never-never land1900 Big Rock Candy Mountain1917 brave new world1933 Xanadu1948 Disneyland1956 ecotopia1975 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > realm of imagination > [noun] > imaginary place fairyc1330 rumbelow?1515 Hogs Norton?1565 fairyland1600 wonderland1790 other world1804 dreamland1832 Fourth World1833 cloudland1846 Loamshire1859 looking-glass land1871 looking-glass world1871 under-land1874 cloud-world1884 Speewah1890 Ruritania1894 cloud-cuckoo-land1899 cuckoo-land1916 fantasy world1920 Squaresville1956 la-la land1979 1832 F. A. Butler Jrnl. 23 Nov. (1835) I. 229 The old feudal world..: the hallowed ground of legend history; the dream-land of fancy and of poetry. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. i. 59 This England of the Year 1200 was no chimerical vacuity or dreamland. 1895 Tablet 20 July 108 A dreamland scheme of conditional reunion. 1919 Times 28 Mar. 7/3 Your two anonymous correspondents..seem to me to have been living in dreamland. 1995 Newsweek 8 May 71/2 A digital dreamland where you'll apply for loans, pay bills and buy mutual funds from your living room with a click of the mouse. 2006 J. Raimes Gardening at Ginger xiv. 142 That's what I want our perennial beds to be like. Well, no I don't, because I live in reality, not dreamland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1826
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