dreaminess

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English dreamy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dreaminess From dreamy + -ness.

1. The characteristic of being dreamy.

   “There was a dreaminess, a pre-occupation, an exaltation, in the maternal look which the girl could not understand.”