Definitions for daymareˈdeɪˌmɛər
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
day•mareˈdeɪˌmɛər(n.)
a distressing experience, similar to a bad dream, occurring while one is awake.
Category: Psychiatry
Origin of daymare:
1730–40; day+ (night )mare
Wiktionary
daymare(Noun)
A terrifying experience, having the characteristics of a nightmare, during wakefulness
Origin: From day and nightmare
Webster Dictionary
Daymare(noun)
a kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare
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