Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

day's residue

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: day's residue
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The elements of the events of the preceding day that subsequently occur in a dream.

Etymology

Calque of German Tagesreste, coined by Sigmund Freud.

Inflected Forms

days' residues (plural) day residue (alternative)

Questions

What does day's residue mean?: The elements of the events of the preceding day that subsequently occur in a dream.
Where does day's residue come from?: Calque of German Tagesreste, coined by Sigmund Freud.

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