dreamy Daniel meaning (informal): definition

dreamy Daniel

noun

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

Informal A person who is inclined to daydream.

They cannot be dreamy Daniels, they cannot be spasmodic — gallop one half-hour, and slacken the next.1940, Jack Hilton, English Ways: A Walk from the Pennines to Epsom Downs in 1939, page 177:
Mum sometimes accused me of being a “dreamy Daniel”, which I was.2019, Ian Higgins, Bipolar: Living With It: Manic Depressive Memoirs:

Related terms: Alibi Ike, Dapper Dan, dismal Dora, doubting Thomas, fancy Dan, Gentleman Jim, gloomy Gus, good-time Charlie, lazy Lawrence, nervous Nellie, nervous Purvis, plain Jane, slick Rick, sneaky Pete