nightmareyadj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪtmɛːri/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪtˌmɛri/

Forms: 1800s– nightmarey, 1800s– nightmary.

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

Etymology: < nightmare n. + -y suffix¹.

Resembling a nightmare; susceptible to nightmares.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being eerie > [adjective] > resembling a nightmare

nightmarea1821

nightmarish1834

nightmarey1851

nightmare-like1919

1851 G. H. Kingsley in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 145/2 A very nightmarey sort of dream it promises to be.

1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Mar. 6/1 How the master ever wrote anything but nightmary stories..I cannot for the life of me imagine.

1934 H. Nicolson Diary 24 Mar. (1966) 172 I am..very apprehensive and nightmarey.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nightmarey
释义	nightmareyadj. Brit. /ˈnʌɪtmɛːri/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌmɛri/ Forms: 1800s– nightmarey, 1800s– nightmary. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nightmare n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < nightmare n. + -y suffix¹. Resembling a nightmare; susceptible to nightmares. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being eerie > [adjective] > resembling a nightmare nightmarea1821 nightmarish1834 nightmarey1851 nightmare-like1919 1851 G. H. Kingsley in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 145/2 A very nightmarey sort of dream it promises to be. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Mar. 6/1 How the master ever wrote anything but nightmary stories..I cannot for the life of me imagine. 1934 H. Nicolson Diary 24 Mar. (1966) 172 I am..very apprehensive and nightmarey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1851
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