dreamtimen.

Brit.

/ˈdriːmtʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈdrimˌtaɪm/

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

Etymology: < dream n.² + time n. With sense 2 compare earlier slightly earlier alchera n. and also alcheringa n.In sense 2 originally and chiefly rendering Aranda (Northern Territory) altjerre dream (see alchera n.) and its derivative altjerreŋe alcheringa n. The addition of the element time n. in English was apparently an attempt to express the difference of this concept from ordinary night-time dreams. Compare dreaming n. 3 and the discussion at that entry.

1. The time for dreams or reveries; the period of sleep during which dreams occur.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > period of certain character, condition, or events

dayOE

summer day1563

tempestivity1569

set1633

stretch1689

period1712

run1714

tack1723

spell1827

dreamtime1844

time coursea1867

patch1897

dreaming1932

quality time1972

1844 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Aug. 127 And weepest thou to feel not His clinging hand on thine—Which now, at dream-time, will not Its cold touch disentwine.

1873 E. Wheeler Shells 80 This is the dream-time of the year.

1937 E. Blunden Elegy 60 But the brain Fights dream-time in vain.

1996 Common Ground (San Anselmo, Calif.) Summer 47/3 (advt.) Bring to conscious awareness the transformative and healing messages revealed to us during dreamtime.

2. Also with capital initial(s). In the mythology of some Australian Aboriginal peoples: the sacred time containing the creation of the first ancestors and the enduring existence of every person; a collection of events beyond living memory that shaped the physical, spiritual, and moral world. Also occasionally in plural in same sense. Cf. alcheringa n., dreaming n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > [noun] > in other cultures

parapegma1641

parapegma1662

yug1789

kalpa1794

manvantara1830

sandhya1868

dreamtime1896

1896 F. J. Gillen in W. B. Spencer Rep. Horn Exped. Central Austral. IV. 185 The natives say that their ancestors in the distant past (ūlchūrringa), which really means in the dream-times, for this is the manner in which the natives always speak of the long ago, acquired the art of..fire-making.

1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 162/2 The Arunta believe that the souls of the primal semi-bestial ancestors of the Alcheringa or ‘dream time’ are perpetually reincarnated.

1963 D. Attenborough Quest under Capricorn 159 Although the Dreamtime was in the past, it is also co-existent with the present, and a man, by performing rituals can become one with his ‘dreaming’ and experience eternity.

1992 TV Quick 19 Dec. (Central Region ed.) 76/4 Matthew Collins aims to discover the dreamtime legends of the Aborigines in the outback.

2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 Nov. 38/5 The Numurindi people of Arnhemland are still guided by the stories of the Dreamtime.

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

单词	dreamtime
释义	dreamtimen. Brit. /ˈdriːmtʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈdrimˌtaɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dream n.², time n. Etymology: < dream n.² + time n. With sense 2 compare earlier slightly earlier alchera n. and also alcheringa n.In sense 2 originally and chiefly rendering Aranda (Northern Territory) altjerre dream (see alchera n.) and its derivative altjerreŋe alcheringa n. The addition of the element time n. in English was apparently an attempt to express the difference of this concept from ordinary night-time dreams. Compare dreaming n. 3 and the discussion at that entry. 1. The time for dreams or reveries; the period of sleep during which dreams occur. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > period of certain character, condition, or events dayOE dayOE summer day1563 tempestivity1569 set1633 stretch1689 period1712 run1714 tack1723 spell1827 dreamtime1844 time coursea1867 patch1897 dreaming1932 quality time1972 1844 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Aug. 127 And weepest thou to feel not His clinging hand on thine—Which now, at dream-time, will not Its cold touch disentwine. 1873 E. Wheeler Shells 80 This is the dream-time of the year. 1937 E. Blunden Elegy 60 But the brain Fights dream-time in vain. 1996 Common Ground (San Anselmo, Calif.) Summer 47/3 (advt.) Bring to conscious awareness the transformative and healing messages revealed to us during dreamtime. 2. Also with capital initial(s). In the mythology of some Australian Aboriginal peoples: the sacred time containing the creation of the first ancestors and the enduring existence of every person; a collection of events beyond living memory that shaped the physical, spiritual, and moral world. Also occasionally in plural in same sense. Cf. alcheringa n., dreaming n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > [noun] > in other cultures parapegma1641 parapegma1662 yug1789 kalpa1794 manvantara1830 sandhya1868 dreamtime1896 1896 F. J. Gillen in W. B. Spencer Rep. Horn Exped. Central Austral. IV. 185 The natives say that their ancestors in the distant past (ūlchūrringa), which really means in the dream-times, for this is the manner in which the natives always speak of the long ago, acquired the art of..fire-making. 1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 162/2 The Arunta believe that the souls of the primal semi-bestial ancestors of the Alcheringa or ‘dream time’ are perpetually reincarnated. 1963 D. Attenborough Quest under Capricorn 159 Although the Dreamtime was in the past, it is also co-existent with the present, and a man, by performing rituals can become one with his ‘dreaming’ and experience eternity. 1992 TV Quick 19 Dec. (Central Region ed.) 76/4 Matthew Collins aims to discover the dreamtime legends of the Aborigines in the outback. 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 Nov. 38/5 The Numurindi people of Arnhemland are still guided by the stories of the Dreamtime. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844
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