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swevening.

A dreaming.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈswɛvə.nɪŋ/
  1. A dreaming.

    obsolete · regional
    He saw distorted, dancing shapes in a nightmarish swevening.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English swevenyng, from sweven (“dream”) and thus equivalent to sweven + -ing. Germanic cognates include Danish søvn (“sleep”), Icelandic svefn (“sleep”), Norwegian søvn (“sleep”), Swedish sömn (“sleep”).

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