dreaminess

English

Etymology

From dreamy +‎ -ness.

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Noun

dreaminess (usually uncountable, plural dreaminesses)

1. The characteristic of being dreamy.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 31:

     There was a dreaminess, a pre-occupation, an exaltation, in the maternal look which the girl could not understand.

Related terms

• dreamy
• dreamily