nightmary

English

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Etymology

nightmare + -y

Adjective

nightmary (comparative more nightmary, superlative most nightmary)

  1. Characterized by, beset by, or resembling, nightmares.
    • 1917, Neville Chamberlain, in a letter to his wife
      I am very well in spite of a restless and nightmary night. I kept dreaming about the Lord Mayoralty and seeing Brooks' bald head in my seat and half awake kept wishing and wishing I were back again.

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