dreamy Daniel
English
Etymology
Possibly an allusion to the biblical Daniel, who interpreted a dream of Nebuchadnezzar II.
Noun
dreamy Daniel (plural dreamy Daniels)
- (informal) A person who is inclined to daydream.
- 1940, Jack Hilton, English Ways: A Walk from the Pennines to Epsom Downs in 1939 (page 177)
- They cannot be dreamy Daniels, they cannot be spasmodic — gallop one half-hour, and slacken the next.
- 2019, Ian Higgins, Bipolar: Living With It: Manic Depressive Memoirs
- Mum sometimes accused me of being a “dreamy Daniel”, which I was.
- 1940, Jack Hilton, English Ways: A Walk from the Pennines to Epsom Downs in 1939 (page 177)