Does the word ‘daymare’ exist?
(B.L.Harindranth, Chennai)
Yes, it does. In fact, the word has been in use for several hundred years now; the well-known author, Charles Dickens, used ‘daymare’ in his novel ‘David Copperfield’. A ‘daymare’ is like a nightmare except that it takes place during the day time. The anxiety attacks that we sometimes have when we are wide awake can be called ‘daymares’. The pressure that we feel on the chest when we have a nightmare is usually present during a daymare as well.
*She has a daymare every day around noon.
S. UPENDRAN
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