dreamyadj.

Brit.

/ˈdriːmi/, U.S.

/ˈdrimi/

Forms: see dream n.² and adj. and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dream n.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < dream n.² + -y suffix¹. Compare Middle Low German drȫmig sleepy, Middle High German troumic , tröumic (adjective) full of dreams, (adverb) in a dream. Compare earlier dreamish adj. and (especially with sense 3) dreaming adj.

1. Characteristic of, or of the nature of, a dream. In early use: illusory, false; insubstantial. Later chiefly: vague, indistinct, unreal, hazy; (of a colour or the eyes) soft, misty; (of music) ethereal, impressionistic. Cf. dreamlike adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] > unsubstantial or merely apparent

shadowy1374

phantom?c1450

shadowish1561

dreamish1563

fleshlessa1592

dreamya1594

shadowed1597

unreal1605

phantasmatic1607

dreamlike1615

umbratilous1637

phantasmatical1642

umbratile1647

moonshine1668

phantomical1687

visionary1697

faerie1767

filmlike1804

phantasmal1805

spectral1816

moonshiny1821

phantomatica1834

parheliacal1852

phantomic1878

translunar1927

celluloid1928

a1594 R. Greenham Fruitful & Godly Serm. (1595) 45 The abusing of their knowledge, in that they made it but a mask to jugle in, and that they made their affections to fight with their dreamy judgment.

1664 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Wks. xxxvi. 278 While the foregoing dreamie images have enfeebled the memory of the brain, then a certain waking Dream, with an expresse doatage from the Midriffs, doth enter.

1698 W. Nicholls Pract. Ess. Contempt of World (rev. ed.) iv. 281 Such is the Life of those, who only prize These Phantasms of Life, these dreamy Joys.

1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 13 The lad, in slumber wrap'd, tracing the vein O' yellow ore through many dreamy scenes, Upstarting to his centre, mutter'd long.

1832 N.Y. Mirror 21 July 23/3 In the yet remoter distance the verdure of the luxuriant woods lose themselves indistinctly in the distance, melting into a dreamy blue.

1848 J. Keble Serm. Pref. 54 To slight it altogether, as a dreamy, unreal kind of thing.

1852 R. E. Dudgeon tr. S. Hahnemann Lesser Writings 694 This improved healing art..pursues not that antiquated, dreamy, false path we have just pointed out.

1859 C. Kingsley Misc. II. 243 A single stockdove..began calling sadly and softly, with a dreamy peaceful moan.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 20 He has a dreamy recollection of hearing [it].

1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 26 She has deep blue eyes, wide apart and dreamy.

1931 E. Bliss Saraband ii. 89 The ping-pong of balls on the asphalt courts was a dreamy sound across the purple light of the afternoon.

1958 Times 15 Dec. 3/4 His playing of Schubert's great B flat major sonata..was far too improvisational and dreamy.

1999 Amateur Dancers July 36 (advt.) Fades into a natural dreamy soft gray at the waist.

2007 Gramophone Feb. 72/3 It's sensitive playing, too, catching perfectly the dreamy, impressionistic mood at the start of the Respighi's Andante.

2. Esp. of sleep: full of dreams. Also: characterized by dreams or by giving rise to dreams.

ΘΚΠ

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

dreamful1552

dreamy1597

1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xviii. sig. Y4 No sooner had she flowne vnto the east, But dreamy passage did disturb their rest.

1685 C. Whitaker tr. Plutarch in M. Morgan et al. tr. Plutarch Morals III. 8 But when the Orient Sun brings back the day, It chases Night and dreamy sleep away.

a1745 J. Richardson Morning Thoughts (1776) 127 Lost in dreamy unrefreshing sleep.

1830 Ld. Tennyson Mariana vi, in Poems 17 All day within the dreamy house, The doors upon their hinges creaked.

1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 196 Having spent a very dreamy night, I was carried in my palanquin to the Jatnee Bagh.

1937 M. A. Haley Gardener Mind 34 That he would make his..passage Hither to her dreamy bed Some day alone.

2005 Atlanta Aug. 68/2 He fell back into a sweaty, dreamy sleep.

3. Given to or characterized by daydreaming or reverie; reflective, musing; absent-minded, distracted.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [adjective]

in one's musesa1500

abstract1509

abstracteda1586

absent1631

thoughtful1656

vacant1680

lost in thought1681

withdrawn1713

dreamy1794

dun1797

preoccupied1801

absent-minded1824

pebble-beached1890

1794 S. T. Coleridge Monody Death Chatterton (rev. ed.) in T. Chatterton Poems 157 The fleeting brood Of woe self-solac'd in her dreamy mood!

1809 C. Lloyd Let. 18 Apr. in Athenæum 2 Mar. (1895) 282/1 In fact he [sc. Coleridge] attends to nothing but dreamy reading & still more dreamy feelings.

1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xxxvii. 252 Many a dreamy hour have I wandered in this delicious solitude.

1845 G. P. R. James Arrah Neil I. iv. 83 Her words were spoken in one of those strange, dreamy moods, that sometimes fall upon her.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe iv. 191 To enjoy an Alpine view properly, one should at times be dreamy and sentimental.

1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror 5 She had grown used to his dreamy lack of ambition, his undynamic acceptance of his niche in the world.

1932 S. Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm xx. 276 He was just reaching out in a dreamy, absent kind of way..when Mrs Beetle gave a sharp dab at his hand.

1955 H. Macmillan Diary 7 May (2003) 421 He sometimes seems to be rather dreamy—as if he were thinking about something else.

2001 Times 3 July (T2 section) 4/1 He was a very dreamy child. He would never concentrate.

4. Given to or characterized by idealistic or utopian ideas or visions; idealistic, impractical, naive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > [adjective] > devoted to ideals

enthusiastical1614

enthusiastic1692

nympholeptic1818

idealistic1829

dreamy1845

starry-eyed1878

nympholept1902

1845 Examiner 29 Mar. 195/1 It does not appear that Mr. Gladstone shares in the dreamy notion of Sir R. Peel, that he is beginning a new system of direct for indirect taxation.

1894 Amer. Printer & Lithographer Sept. 66/2 To dreamy Idealists like Bellamy; to Socialists like Marx.., the employment of machines for the organization of industry..is the outrage of the century.

1919 A. Bullard Russ. Pendulum I. xxvii. 201 While they rather boast of their own dreamy, impractical idealism, they are inclined to think that it is a distinctly Russian trait and that all foreigners are..gross materialists.

1998 N.Y. Mag. 2 Feb. 33/3 She can also seem out of touch, including dreamy musings on a nuclear freeze and on peace-keeping in her 1984 stump speech.

2012 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Oct. (Review section) 8 It's easy to snigger at the grandiose delusions of Esperantists and other similarly dreamy minorities, such as advocates for a single world government.

5. colloquial (originally U.S.). Perfect, ideal; delightful, beautiful; spec. (of a person, esp. a man) very attractive; gorgeous, sexy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > ideal

ideal1609

dreamlike1615

abstract1625

preterpluperfect1652

idealized1810

goldena1817

pluperfect1831

dream1884

fairy-tale-ish1884

dreamy1892

fairy tale1904

pluterperfect1908

fairy story1913

1892 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 13 Oct. 5/6 Come up to my dressing-room.., I have some dyspepsia medicine that is simply dreamy. It will kill any amount of dyspepsia.

1920 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 11 Dec. 14 They have arrived; and there is no doubting the fact, the colours are just—dreamy.

1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer xiv. 233 ‘Let us find a cool and lovely garden restaurant and have a slow, exquisite dinner...’ ‘O.K., Russ... Sounds dreamy.’

1953 M. Dickens No More Meadows viii. 307 She said she had a date with a dreamy boy.

1958 Spectator 10 Jan. 38/2 I have a Ford Edsel, the first to be imported here, it's dreamy, all electric push-buttons.

1988 Gourmet Oct. 34/3 There was a dreamy onion and raclette cheese pie.

2001 L. Rennison Knocked out by Nunga-nungas 50 In his gorgeous black jeans... He is SO dreamy. Every time I see him it's a shock.

Compounds

Forming complementary and parasynthetic adjectives, as dreamy-looking, dreamy-sounding; dreamy-eyed, dreamy-minded, dreamy-voiced, etc.

ΚΠ

1833 Museum of Foreign Lit. Oct. 478/1 A pale, starry, dreamy-looking flower, As from a land of spirits!

1837 New Monthly Mag. Oct. 193 Here we got again among..straggling children, dreamy-eyed donkeys, and haymakers.

1884 G. Moore Mummer's Wife (1887) 171 The dreamy-minded musician.

1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways I. viii. 196 The wild divinings of dreamy-witted women.

1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant 17 A dreamy-eyed young fellow.

1923 J. Campbell Diary 7 Dec. in As I was among Captives (2001) 118 He looks very dreamy-looking.

1931 Amer. Mercury Jan. 89/2 One dreamy-minded woman who was always about a week late catching on to what was happening in the house.

1958 E. H. Clements Uncommon Cold i. 29 She looked devoted and very intellectual... And sensitive. Dreamy-eyed.

1997 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 29 Mar. e1 A dreamy sounding trip to Spain she and her husband were organizing.

2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 Oct. ii. 36/4 For a moment, Ms. Samson..sounds like a dreamy-voiced teenager who's just had an encounter with a rock star.

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

单词	dreamy
释义	dreamyadj. Brit. /ˈdriːmi/, U.S. /ˈdrimi/ Forms: see dream n.² and adj. and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dream n.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < dream n.² + -y suffix¹. Compare Middle Low German drȫmig sleepy, Middle High German troumic , tröumic (adjective) full of dreams, (adverb) in a dream. Compare earlier dreamish adj. and (especially with sense 3) dreaming adj. 1. Characteristic of, or of the nature of, a dream. In early use: illusory, false; insubstantial. Later chiefly: vague, indistinct, unreal, hazy; (of a colour or the eyes) soft, misty; (of music) ethereal, impressionistic. Cf. dreamlike adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] > unsubstantial or merely apparent shadowy1374 phantom?c1450 shadowish1561 dreamish1563 fleshlessa1592 dreamya1594 shadowed1597 unreal1605 phantasmatic1607 dreamlike1615 umbratilous1637 phantasmatical1642 umbratile1647 moonshine1668 phantomical1687 visionary1697 faerie1767 filmlike1804 phantasmal1805 spectral1816 moonshiny1821 phantomatica1834 parheliacal1852 phantomic1878 translunar1927 celluloid1928 a1594 R. Greenham Fruitful & Godly Serm. (1595) 45 The abusing of their knowledge, in that they made it but a mask to jugle in, and that they made their affections to fight with their dreamy judgment. 1664 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Wks. xxxvi. 278 While the foregoing dreamie images have enfeebled the memory of the brain, then a certain waking Dream, with an expresse doatage from the Midriffs, doth enter. 1698 W. Nicholls Pract. Ess. Contempt of World (rev. ed.) iv. 281 Such is the Life of those, who only prize These Phantasms of Life, these dreamy Joys. 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 13 The lad, in slumber wrap'd, tracing the vein O' yellow ore through many dreamy scenes, Upstarting to his centre, mutter'd long. 1832 N.Y. Mirror 21 July 23/3 In the yet remoter distance the verdure of the luxuriant woods lose themselves indistinctly in the distance, melting into a dreamy blue. 1848 J. Keble Serm. Pref. 54 To slight it altogether, as a dreamy, unreal kind of thing. 1852 R. E. Dudgeon tr. S. Hahnemann Lesser Writings 694 This improved healing art..pursues not that antiquated, dreamy, false path we have just pointed out. 1859 C. Kingsley Misc. II. 243 A single stockdove..began calling sadly and softly, with a dreamy peaceful moan. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 20 He has a dreamy recollection of hearing [it]. 1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 26 She has deep blue eyes, wide apart and dreamy. 1931 E. Bliss Saraband ii. 89 The ping-pong of balls on the asphalt courts was a dreamy sound across the purple light of the afternoon. 1958 Times 15 Dec. 3/4 His playing of Schubert's great B flat major sonata..was far too improvisational and dreamy. 1999 Amateur Dancers July 36 (advt.) Fades into a natural dreamy soft gray at the waist. 2007 Gramophone Feb. 72/3 It's sensitive playing, too, catching perfectly the dreamy, impressionistic mood at the start of the Respighi's Andante. 2. Esp. of sleep: full of dreams. Also: characterized by dreams or by giving rise to dreams. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [adjective] > full of or abounding in dreams dreamful1552 dreamy1597 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xviii. sig. Y4 No sooner had she flowne vnto the east, But dreamy passage did disturb their rest. 1685 C. Whitaker tr. Plutarch in M. Morgan et al. tr. Plutarch Morals III. 8 But when the Orient Sun brings back the day, It chases Night and dreamy sleep away. a1745 J. Richardson Morning Thoughts (1776) 127 Lost in dreamy unrefreshing sleep. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Mariana vi, in Poems 17 All day within the dreamy house, The doors upon their hinges creaked. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 196 Having spent a very dreamy night, I was carried in my palanquin to the Jatnee Bagh. 1937 M. A. Haley Gardener Mind 34 That he would make his..passage Hither to her dreamy bed Some day alone. 2005 Atlanta Aug. 68/2 He fell back into a sweaty, dreamy sleep. 3. Given to or characterized by daydreaming or reverie; reflective, musing; absent-minded, distracted. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [adjective] in one's musesa1500 abstract1509 abstracteda1586 absent1631 thoughtful1656 vacant1680 lost in thought1681 withdrawn1713 dreamy1794 dun1797 preoccupied1801 absent-minded1824 pebble-beached1890 1794 S. T. Coleridge Monody Death Chatterton (rev. ed.) in T. Chatterton Poems 157 The fleeting brood Of woe self-solac'd in her dreamy mood! 1809 C. Lloyd Let. 18 Apr. in Athenæum 2 Mar. (1895) 282/1 In fact he [sc. Coleridge] attends to nothing but dreamy reading & still more dreamy feelings. 1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xxxvii. 252 Many a dreamy hour have I wandered in this delicious solitude. 1845 G. P. R. James Arrah Neil I. iv. 83 Her words were spoken in one of those strange, dreamy moods, that sometimes fall upon her. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe iv. 191 To enjoy an Alpine view properly, one should at times be dreamy and sentimental. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror 5 She had grown used to his dreamy lack of ambition, his undynamic acceptance of his niche in the world. 1932 S. Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm xx. 276 He was just reaching out in a dreamy, absent kind of way..when Mrs Beetle gave a sharp dab at his hand. 1955 H. Macmillan Diary 7 May (2003) 421 He sometimes seems to be rather dreamy—as if he were thinking about something else. 2001 Times 3 July (T2 section) 4/1 He was a very dreamy child. He would never concentrate. 4. Given to or characterized by idealistic or utopian ideas or visions; idealistic, impractical, naive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > [adjective] > devoted to ideals enthusiastical1614 enthusiastic1692 nympholeptic1818 idealistic1829 dreamy1845 starry-eyed1878 nympholept1902 1845 Examiner 29 Mar. 195/1 It does not appear that Mr. Gladstone shares in the dreamy notion of Sir R. Peel, that he is beginning a new system of direct for indirect taxation. 1894 Amer. Printer & Lithographer Sept. 66/2 To dreamy Idealists like Bellamy; to Socialists like Marx.., the employment of machines for the organization of industry..is the outrage of the century. 1919 A. Bullard Russ. Pendulum I. xxvii. 201 While they rather boast of their own dreamy, impractical idealism, they are inclined to think that it is a distinctly Russian trait and that all foreigners are..gross materialists. 1998 N.Y. Mag. 2 Feb. 33/3 She can also seem out of touch, including dreamy musings on a nuclear freeze and on peace-keeping in her 1984 stump speech. 2012 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Oct. (Review section) 8 It's easy to snigger at the grandiose delusions of Esperantists and other similarly dreamy minorities, such as advocates for a single world government. 5. colloquial (originally U.S.). Perfect, ideal; delightful, beautiful; spec. (of a person, esp. a man) very attractive; gorgeous, sexy. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > ideal ideal1609 dreamlike1615 abstract1625 preterpluperfect1652 idealized1810 goldena1817 pluperfect1831 dream1884 fairy-tale-ish1884 dreamy1892 fairy tale1904 pluterperfect1908 fairy story1913 1892 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 13 Oct. 5/6 Come up to my dressing-room.., I have some dyspepsia medicine that is simply dreamy. It will kill any amount of dyspepsia. 1920 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 11 Dec. 14 They have arrived; and there is no doubting the fact, the colours are just—dreamy. 1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer xiv. 233 ‘Let us find a cool and lovely garden restaurant and have a slow, exquisite dinner...’ ‘O.K., Russ... Sounds dreamy.’ 1953 M. Dickens No More Meadows viii. 307 She said she had a date with a dreamy boy. 1958 Spectator 10 Jan. 38/2 I have a Ford Edsel, the first to be imported here, it's dreamy, all electric push-buttons. 1988 Gourmet Oct. 34/3 There was a dreamy onion and raclette cheese pie. 2001 L. Rennison Knocked out by Nunga-nungas 50 In his gorgeous black jeans... He is SO dreamy. Every time I see him it's a shock. Compounds Forming complementary and parasynthetic adjectives, as dreamy-looking, dreamy-sounding; dreamy-eyed, dreamy-minded, dreamy-voiced, etc. ΚΠ 1833 Museum of Foreign Lit. Oct. 478/1 A pale, starry, dreamy-looking flower, As from a land of spirits! 1837 New Monthly Mag. Oct. 193 Here we got again among..straggling children, dreamy-eyed donkeys, and haymakers. 1884 G. Moore Mummer's Wife (1887) 171 The dreamy-minded musician. 1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways I. viii. 196 The wild divinings of dreamy-witted women. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant 17 A dreamy-eyed young fellow. 1923 J. Campbell Diary 7 Dec. in As I was among Captives (2001) 118 He looks very dreamy-looking. 1931 Amer. Mercury Jan. 89/2 One dreamy-minded woman who was always about a week late catching on to what was happening in the house. 1958 E. H. Clements Uncommon Cold i. 29 She looked devoted and very intellectual... And sensitive. Dreamy-eyed. 1997 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 29 Mar. e1 A dreamy sounding trip to Spain she and her husband were organizing. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 Oct. ii. 36/4 For a moment, Ms. Samson..sounds like a dreamy-voiced teenager who's just had an encounter with a rock star. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1594
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