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Go to Literature Page Go to Art Page A train of thoughts, images or fancies passing through the mind during sleep; a vision during sleep The period of time between late afternoon and going to bed; a period of darkness A female spirit or monster supposed to settle on a sleeping person or animal producing a feeling of suffocation: an oppressive, frightening or unpleasant dream Characterised by the subordination of form to theme, and by imagination and passion suggestive of romance; with romance or imaginative appeal; fantastic, extravagant, quixotic; going beyond what is customary or practical; opposed to Classical