dreamland

noun

Etymology

From dream + -land.

  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. suffixed as dreamland — “dream + land

Definitions

  1. An imaginary world experienced while dreaming.

    • “Child of earth,” she said, ”dost think we are here in dreamland?” ¶ He answered nothing, and she said, “This is no dream. […]”
  2. An imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic

    An imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic; a fantasy.

    • Those long legs of McTominay sensed where the ball would land, and carried him there first to crack a half-volley past Arrizabalaga and send Scotland into dreamland.
  3. The Area 51 military base in Nevada, United States.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dreamland. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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