dreamy Daniel

English

Etymology

Possibly an allusion to the biblical Daniel, who interpreted a dream of Nebuchadnezzar II.

Noun

dreamy Daniel (plural dreamy Daniels)

1. (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.