midnightmare
advEtymology From mid- + nightmare.
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Temporal location, Time During a nightmare.
- "Minnie — " I tried again, but what issued from my throat was that sound we all make, midnightmare, somewhere between a growl and a silent scream.1991, Carol Muske-Dukes, Dear Digby, page 61:
- Will tried to convince himself that he had the life he deserved. That it was restful not having to put up a front all the time. Knowing he wasn't disturbing Dinah's sleep when he woke midnightmare, shouting.2007, Janice Kay Johnson, Christmas Presents and Past, page 230: