nubɪveɪgænt (phonetically: new-bih-vayg-ant)
Etymology:
From latin; nubes means cloud, vagari is to roam and the -ant is the suffix to form an adjective.
Definition (from the Oxford English Dictionary; its earliest known recording is from 1656):
moving through (or among) clouds
Examples:
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| René Magritte's Infinite Gratitude |
The American idiom: "head in the clouds" (e.g.: After she finished reading the last page of her book, she got up and loftily walked around the park with her head in the clouds, not really seeing all of the rustling trees or bustling people or birds taking flight.)
