nightmarious

adj
/ˌnaɪtˈmɛəɹi.əs/UK/ˌnaɪtˈmɛɹi.əs/US

Etymology

From nightmare + -ious.

  1. inherited from *nihtmare
  2. inherited from nyghtmare
  3. suffixed as nightmarious — “nightmare + ious

Definitions

  1. Having the qualities of a nightmare.

    • And they fell in showers from the purple bougainvillaea which trailed its length over the wrought arch above the gate, of which one half swung back by the hand of the biggest, blackest man ever dreamed of in nightmarious slumber.
    • It was a nightmarious experience.

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