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daydream

noun
/ˈdeɪdɹiːm/

Etymology

From day + dream. Compare West Frisian deidream (“daydream”), Dutch dagdroom (“daydream”), German Tagtraum (“daydream”), Swedish dagdröm (“daydream”), Icelandic dagdraumur (“daydream”).

  1. inherited from *draumijaną✻
  2. inherited from drīeman
  3. inherited from dremen
  4. inherited from *draumaz✻
  5. inherited from *draum✻
  6. inherited from drēam — “music, joy”
  7. inherited from drem
  8. compounded as daydream — “day + dream”

Definitions

  1. A spontaneous series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.

    • With Free Guy, Reynolds gets just a little more in touch with his Carrey side via nothing less than his own version of The Truman Show, shorn of its daydream dread and rocketed into the age of Fortnite.

  2. To have such a series of thoughts

    To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.

    • Stop daydreaming and get back to work!

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA