recurrent
Do you dream again and again that you are flying? If so, you could say that you have a recurrent dream of flight. Recurrent means something that happens repeatedly.
The word recurrent comes from a Latin word meaning "to return or come back." A recurrent dream, good or bad, keeps coming back. You'll hear this word used often about abstract things like dreams, thoughts, and in literature, themes. For instance, the theme of a motherless child finding its way in the world is recurrent in pop culture and literature.
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recurring again and again
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Need a crash course in words that derive from the Latin roots cur and curs, meaning "run"? This list will give you a run for your money!
A woman's mind begins to unravel when she is confined to a yellow bedroom after being diagnosed with "a slight hysterical tendency." Read the full text here.
