drempt

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɛm(p)t/
• Rhymes: -ɛmpt

Verb

drempt

1. Nonstandard spelling of dreamt.
   • 1872, William James, letter to Henry James, August 24‎^[1], William and Henry James: Selected Letters edition, page 79:

     I expect to find her on her return sprung into full possession & exercise of faculties of mind and I trust heart, hitherto undreamt of by any of us, & only drempt of by herself.

   • 1935, Jack Conroy, edited by Jack Salzman and David Ray, The Jack Conroy Reader‎^[2], Ayer Publishing, published 1979, →ISBN, page 59:

     I drempt I was wound round tight as drum, hand and foot, with morning glory vines, and they was chokin' my neck same as they do the corn. I drempt I had cockleburrs stuck in my hair like a pincushion ...

   • 1939, William Faulkner, If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem: The Wild Palms‎^[3], page 179:

     "Undoubtless," the woman said. "It's all a mistake. You'll get back to the hotel or wherever it is and find you just drempt your wife was knocked up or even that you had a wife."