Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oniric

/oʊˈnɪ.ɹɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: o-ni-ric
IPA: /oʊˈnɪ.ɹɪk/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of oneiric.

Example Sentences

"An oniric feeling permeates the whole film."
"The foggy effect gives an oniric feeling to the whole picture."
"Oniric or dream-like delirium is by far the commonest form the non-specialized practitioner has occasion to witness. … Oniric delirium is an actual somnambulistic state, a second state."
"It may also reveal itself through a couple's mourning over a lost love which, mysteriously sublimated at the oniric level, suddenly surfaces as in the dreams of the protagonist in "Fat", or revisited through the Faulknerian theme of incest between a brother and sister, as in Furious Seasons."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /oʊˈnɪ.ɹɪk/
British English: /əʊˈnɪ.ɹɪk/

Inflected Forms

more oniric (comparative) most oniric (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

onirocritic

Questions

How do you pronounce oniric?: The recorded pronunciation is /oʊˈnɪ.ɹɪk/.
What does oniric mean?: Alternative form of oneiric.

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