mid-nightmare
See also: midnightmare
English
Etymology
Fron mid- + nightmare.
Adverb
mid-nightmare (not comparable)
- (temporal location) During a nightmare.
- 2006, Marion Lennox, Princess of Convenience, page 82,
- His eyes were wide and scared, as if he'd woken mid-nightmare.
- 2006, Marion Lennox, Princess of Convenience, page 82,
Alternative forms
- midnightmare
Noun
mid-nightmare (uncountable)
- The middle part of a nightmare, by implication the scariest part, with no end in prospect; the state of being in a nightmare.
- 1904, The Spectator, Volume 92, page 537,
- […] carries us into the region of mid-nightmare, […] .
- 2008, Rosalyn Wraight, Secrets and Sins, page 84,
- Many times, I have seen your name in the paper— the detective who solves the mysteries in this sleepy little city that sometimes awakens in mid-nightmare.
- 2009, Derek Ciccone, Painless, page 241,
- Beth awoke Monday morning in mid-nightmare.
- 1904, The Spectator, Volume 92, page 537,