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rev·er·ie

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–noun

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.

Also, revery.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME < OF reverie, deriv. of rever to speak wildly. See rave, -ery

]

—Synonyms 1. abstraction, brown study.

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rev·er·ie Audio Help (rěv'ə-rē) Pronunciation Key
n.

A state of abstracted musing; daydreaming.
A daydream: "I felt caught up in a reverie of years long past" (William Styron).

[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.

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reverie
noun
1.	absentminded dreaming while awake
2.	an abstracted state of absorption

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reverie1 [ˈrevəri] noun

a state of pleasant dreamy thought
Example: He was lost in reverie.

Arabic:	حُلْم لذيذ
Chinese (Simplified):	遐想，幻想
Chinese (Traditional):	遐想，幻想
Czech:	snění
Danish:	dagdrøm
Dutch:	mijmerij
Estonian:	unelemine
Finnish:	haaveilu
French:	rêverie
German:	die Träumerei
Greek:	ονειροπόλημα
Hungarian:	álmodozás
Icelandic:	dagdraumar
Indonesian:	lamunan
Italian:	fantasticheria

Japanese:	夢想
Korean:	공상, 몽상
Latvian:	sapņainība
Lithuanian:	svajingumas, svajos mintys
Norwegian:	(dag)drøm
Polish:	zaduma, błogie rozmyślania
Portuguese (Brazil):	devaneio
Portuguese (Portugal):	devaneio
Romanian:	reverie
Russian:	мечтание
Slovak:	snenie
Slovenian:	sanjarjenje
Spanish:	ensueño
Swedish:	drömmeri
Turkish:	dalgınlık

reverie2 [ˈrevəri] noun

(usually in plural) a day-dream
Example: pleasant reveries

Arabic:	أحْلام اليَقْظَه
Chinese (Simplified):	白日梦
Chinese (Traditional):	白日夢
Czech:	snění s otevřenýma očima
Danish:	dagdrøm
Dutch:	dagdroom
Estonian:	unistamine
Finnish:	haave
French:	rêverie
German:	die Träumerei
Greek:	ονειροπόληση (πληθ.)
Hungarian:	ábrándozás
Icelandic:	dagdraumar
Indonesian:	lamunan
Italian:	fantasticheria

Japanese:	空想
Korean:	백일몽
Latvian:	fantāzija; sapnis
Lithuanian:	svajonė
Norwegian:	drømmerier
Polish:	marzenia
Portuguese (Brazil):	devaneio
Portuguese (Portugal):	devaneio
Romanian:	reverie
Russian:	фантазия; грёзы
Slovak:	denné sny
Slovenian:	sanjarjenje
Spanish:	ensueño
Swedish:	dagdröm
Turkish:	hayal

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