oneirocritical

English

Alternative forms

• oneirocritic

Etymology

Ancient Greek ὀνειροκριτικός (oneirokritikós) (from ὄνειρος (óneiros, “dream”) + κριτικός (kritikós, “able to discern”)) +‎ -al.

Adjective

oneirocritical (comparative more oneirocritical, superlative most oneirocritical)

1. Of or relating to the interpretation of dreams.

   oneirocritical literature

   • 1714 October 3 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “WEDNESDAY, September 22, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 597; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:

     he may employ himself a while in that new kind of observation which my oneirocritical correspondent has directed him to make of himself.

     The spelling has been modernized.

References

• “oneirocritical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.