Meanings
nounwoolgathering (usually uncountable, plural woolgatherings)
plural woolgatherings · alternative wool-gathering
- uncountableusuallyIndulgence in idle fancies or daydreams.
[while fishing] Alone with my tin of bait and my wool-gatherings, I was in a world of my own, localized and satisfying as such world always are.
1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century and seven more years, London: Faber, page 109 (1968 edition)
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedreamy in mood or nature
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian заплеснатост
- заплеснатост (zaplesnatost)Indulgence in daydreams
Esperanto novali
- novaliIndulgence in daydreams
Finnish haaveilu, unelmointi
- haaveiluIndulgence in daydreams
- unelmointiIndulgence in daydreams
- uneksintaIndulgence in daydreams
German Tagträumerei
- TagträumereiIndulgence in daydreams
Polish bujanie w obłokach
- bujanie w obłokachIndulgence in daydreams
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