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aislingeach — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abstracted adj Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
  • daydreamer noun One who daydreams.
  • dreamer noun A person who has ambitious or unrealistic ideas and hopes.
  • dreamlike adj Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.
  • visionary adj Showing unusual foresight or imaginative insight about the future.

Senses

aislingeach is used for these senses in English:

  • abstracted Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
  • daydreamer One who daydreams.
  • dreamer Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.
  • dreamlike Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.

abstracted — full definition

  1. adj Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
  2. adj Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete.
  3. adj Abstract; abstruse; difficult.
  4. adj Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative.

daydreamer — full definition

  1. noun One who daydreams.
  2. noun A person who wastes time daydreaming of accomplishments instead of accomplishing things.

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