dreamwidowed
/ˈdriːmˌwɪdəʊd/adjectiveVerified NewAlso in: traumverwitwet (Deutsch) · sueñoviudo (Español) · rêveveuf (Français)
Widowed by a dream's ending — bereft of a person who existed only for the night.
The dreamwidowed person wakes from the dream marriage, the dream friendship, the dream child, and the loss is a real loss with no real object. The widowhood lasts a morning, or a week, or — for the dream of the dead — a lifetime of mornings. The grief is genuine; the grave is not.
Etym. — dream + widowed — the bereavement metaphor for the dream's ending; widowed is exactly the state of having lost a partner, and the dream partner was real for the duration.
Rel. — dreamorphan · dreamloyal · sleepletter
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