Today’s Word of the Day is totally useless as far as I’m concerned. Why not just say “dreamy” and be done with it?
oneiric
adjective
onei·ric | \ ō-ˈnī-rik
Definition
: of or relating to dreams
: dreamy
The notion of using the Greek noun oneiros (meaning “dream”) to form the English adjective oneiric wasn’t dreamed up until the mid-19th century. But back in the early 1600s, linguistic dreamers came up with oneiromancy, meaning “divination by means of dreams.”
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Stay tuned tomorrow for yet another useless Greek-derived adjective that starts with the letter “O” – Oedipal. Ah well, I guess out-of-work Greek scholars need to keep busy too?
Riiiiiight.
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Bonus pictorial content here. Sixth one from the top is just the dreamiest. Ninth one comes to you in honor of today’s holiday.
