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- not comparablerarePertaining to dreams.First known use 17th c.
Often, it was Sara Hutchinson who was the focus of his somnial fantasy life: he once exclaimed that his dreams were "always connected in some way or another" with her (CN II 2055).
1998, Jennifer Ford, Coleridge on Dreaming, page 541 more example
He had indeed been making a study of his dreams, to what purpose or effect is not apparent, but there remains a note-book filled with closely written observations upon them, for he seemed always to awaken with most vivid recollections of astounding, amusing, and bizarre somnial experiences.
1940, Harvey Cushing, Life of Sir William Osler, volume 2
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