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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition

NIGHTMARE

noun
Etymology: Middle English, from 1night + 1mare
Date: 14th century
an evil spirit formerly thought to oppress people during sleep, a frightening dream that usually awakens the sleeper, something (as an experience, situation, or object) having the monstrous character of a nightmare or producing a feeling of anxiety or terror, nightmare adjective nightmarish adjective nightmarishly adverb