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slumberland

noun
/ˈslʌm.bəˌlænd/UK/ˈslʌm.bɚˌlænd/US

Etymology

From slumber + -land.

  1. derived from *(s)lew-✻ — “loose, limp, flabby”
  2. derived from *slūm-✻
  3. derived from slūma
  4. derived from slume — “slumber”
  5. derived from slummen
  6. inherited from slombren
  7. suffixed as slumberland — “slumber + land”

Definitions

  1. An imaginary place inhabited by those who are asleep

    An imaginary place inhabited by those who are asleep; (by extension) the state of slumber.

    • Julia therefore sank back into slumberland, and forgot all about her friend's dream, but not so Beth. The fear of what she dreamed haunted her...

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for slumberland. 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