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reverie

[ rev-uh-ree ]

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noun

a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing:
lost in reverie.
Synonyms: ,
a daydream.
a fantastic, visionary, or impractical idea:
reveries that will never come to fruition.
Music. an instrumental composition of a vague and dreamy character.

reverie

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noun

an act or state of absent-minded daydreaming
to fall into a reverie
a piece of instrumental music suggestive of a daydream
archaic.
a fanciful or visionary notion; daydream

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Word History and Origins

Origin of reverie¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Old French reverie, resverie, derivative of rever, resver, raver “to speak wildly, wander, dream”; rave ¹, -ery

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Word History and Origins

Origin of reverie¹

C14: from Old French resverie wildness, from resver to behave wildly, of uncertain origin; see rave ¹

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But as he travels home on the boat, shutting out the world with giant sunglasses and a baggy hoodie, Lochlan doesn’t really seem to have learned anything from his reverie.

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When Lennon presented McCartney with “Strawberry Fields Forever,” a woozy reverie loosely based on his childhood, McCartney wrote his own memory piece, “Penny Lane.”

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It was hard to think about the things I really valued while I veered into sexual reverie about the landlord.

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"Ring the bell, sound the trumpets reverie, something is done, something is beginning. One of the great wise ones has passed."

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Who were we, to interrupt this man’s reverie?

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