reveries

[rev-uh-ree]

rev·er·ie

[rev-uh-ree]
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; Middle English < Old French reverie, derivative of rever to speak wildly. See rave, -ery


1. abstraction, brown study.

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Reveries is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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rev·er·y

[rev-uh-ree]
noun, plural rev·er·ies.
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