Definition of Castle in the air

1. Noun. Absentminded dreaming while awake.


Definition of Castle in the air

1. Noun. (idiomatic) A visionary project or scheme; a day-dream; an idle fancy; a pipe dream; any plan, desire, or idea that is unlikely to be ever realized; a near impossibility. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Castle In The Air

casting
casting-couch
casting agent
casting away
casting flask
casting lots
casting off
casting ring
casting vote
casting wax
castings
castiron
castle
castle in Spain
castle in the air (current term)
castle nut
castle nuts
castlebuilder
castlebuilders
castlebuilding
castled
castleless
castlelike
castleman disease
castleries
castlery
castles
castles in the air
castless

Literary usage of Castle in the air

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, Jenny H. Stickney (1898)
"A castle in the air. CHAPTER IX. • A CASTLE IX THE AIR. A FTER breakfast, my wife told Jack and Ernest to -*--*- put the harness she had made on the cow and ..."

2. The Arguments of the Counsel of Joseph Hendrickson, #bin a Cause Decided in by George Wood, Isaac Halsted Williamson, Joseph Hendrickson, James Field, Charles Field, New Jersey Court of Chancery (1833)
"If otherwise, the edifice is built of such stuff a dreams are made of, and is as unsubstantial and as little to be valued as a castle in the air. ..."

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