dreamlessadj.
/ˈdriːmlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈdrimlᵻs/ Without a dream or dreams; (esp. of sleep) free from dreams.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [adjective] > dreaming or that dreams > not
dreamless1605
undreaming1831
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 29 The savages of Mount Atlas..which were reported to be both namelesse and dreamelesse.
1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. v. 78 There are some hours in which a man doth not actually sin at all: As in a deep and dreamless sleep, &c.
1755 Monthly Rev. Dec. 453 Dreamless, death-like, let it prove, Die ye thoughts that rend my brain.
1799 T. Campbell Love & Madness in Pleasures of Hope 122 Welcome the dreamless night of long repose!
1834 T. Moore Sel. Irish Melodies No. 10. 64 Then leave them in their dreamless sleep.
1870 P. Brooks in Sunday School Service & Hymn Bk. (Diocese of Ohio) lxiii. 82 Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by.
1927 Passing Show Summer 30/3 There are several methods of preparing for a sound, dreamless, night's sleep under canvas.
1989 M. Gordon Other Side ii. iii. 91 Anna, unhoused, the middle girl of a dreamless family, called up a romance from some hidden part of her.
2005 H. Watzman Company C iii. 103 I was able to enter into a walking, dreamless trance in which a just-sufficient portion of my brain remained alert.
Derivatives
ˈdreamlessly adv.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [adverb] > not
dreamlessly1813
1813 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 7 Dec. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1974) III. 235 Went to bed, and slept dreamlessly, but not refreshingly.
1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl I. 203 I slept all night dreamlessly.
1913 M. Rutledge Wild Grapes ii. 34 Ham..fell dreamlessly asleep, cradled by the lunge and roll of the ship.
2005 R. Tope Cotswold Killing iv. 63 She slept dreamlessly, and awoke at seven thirty to rain dashing against the window.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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