oneirocrite
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One skilled in oneirocrisy; an interpreter of dreams.
Example Sentences
- "Often these were obscure and had to be interpreted, the task of the oneirocrites, as the Greeks called such specialists among the priests."
- "On the contrary, he warned aspiring oneirocrites that "those who attribute . . . too much hidden meaning to dreams should be treated with contempt since they have no insight into the structure of a dream ..." (IV, 63 [P 286, 13-15])."
- "This guidance came in dreams which had to be interpreted by the oneirocrites."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀνειροκριτικός (oneirokritikós, “fit for interpreting dreams”), from ὄνειρος (óneiros, “dream”) + κριτικός (kritikós, “fit for judging”), from κριτής (kritḗs, “judge”).