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Definition of Daymare
1. n. A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare.
Definition of Daymare
1. Noun. A terrifying experience, having the characteristics of a nightmare, during wakefulness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Daymare
1. a nightmarish fantasy experienced while awake [n -S]
Medical Definition of Daymare
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Daymare
Literary usage of Daymare
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1886)
"It was like a case reported by Sir Thomas Watson, which this eminent physician
denominated " daymare." In the case described. by him, there was total ..."
2. The Philosophy of Sleep by Robert Macnish (1834)
"daymare. I HAVE strong doubts as to the propriety of considering this affection
in any way different from the incubus, or nightmare. ..."
3. Quarterly Compendium of Medical Science by D. G. Brinton (1886)
"Pathology—Sir Thomas thought that in his case the seat of disease was tho cerebral
blood-vessels. If this were true, " daymare,'1 as Da Costa has suggested, ..."
4. The Constitution of Man by George Combe, John Foster, Robert Macnish, Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine), John Mason (1845)
"... case of daymare related by, Fœtus, state of, Franklin, Dr, his case of
somnambulism, • , amusing calculation by, >, Captain, fact stated by, ..."
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