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| 1. | a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing: lost in reverie. |
| 2. | a daydream. |
| 3. | a fantastic, visionary, or impractical idea: reveries that will never come to fruition. |
| 4. | Music. an instrumental composition of a vague and dreamy character. |
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[Middle English, revelry, from Old French, from rever, to dream.] |
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reverie
c.1366, "wild conduct, frolic," from O.Fr. reverie "revelry, raving, delirium," from resver "to dream, wander, rave," of uncertain origin (also the root of rave). Meaning "daydream" is first attested 1657. As a type of musical composition, it is attested from 1880.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| reverie | |
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| 1. | absentminded dreaming while awake |
| 2. | an abstracted state of absorption |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
reverie1 [ˈrevəri] noun
a state of pleasant dreamy thought
Example: He was lost in reverie.
reverie2 [ˈrevəri] nounExample: He was lost in reverie.
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(usually in plural) a day-dream
Example: pleasant reveries
Example: pleasant reveries
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