Vi"sion*a*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. visionnaire.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions.
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The visionary hour
When musing midnight reigns.
Thomson.
2.
Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination; given to reverie; apt to receive, and act upon, fancies as if they were realities.
Or lull to rest the visionary maid.
Pope.
3.
Existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful; imaginary; having no solid foundation; as, visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project.
Swift.
Syn. -- Fanciful; fantastic; unreal. See Fanciful.
© Webster 1913.
Vi"sion*a*ry, n.; pl. Visionaries ().
1.
One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms.
2.
One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.
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