oneirocritical

English

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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.

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