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Today's Word "oneiric"

Suggestive of dreams on

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oneiric \oh-NY-rik\ (adjective) - Of, pertaining to, or suggestive of dreams; dreamy.

"The danger of oneiric overproduction had been noted since the time of the founders, and could also, more simply, be explained by the conditions of absolute physical isolation in which we were called upon to live." -- Michel Houellebecq, 'The Possibility of an Island'

 

Oneiric comes from Greek oneiros, "dream."


 

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