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Oneiric Oh Nye Rik Adjective Relating Dreams Dreamy Greek Oneiros

Front oneiric \oh-NYE-rik\
Back adjective
Of or relating to dreams: dreamy.

[From Greek oneiros (dream). Earliest documented use: 1859]

"Fellini's films, always fantastical, soon took a distinctly oneiric turn, and he eventually filled some five hundred sheets with drawings and descriptions of his dreams." - The Book of Dreams; The New Yorker; Sep 1, 2008. 

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