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reverie

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[rev-uh-ree]

noun

  1. a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing.

    lost in reverie.

    Synonyms: ,
  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.



reverie

/ ˈɛəɪ /

noun

  1. an act or state of absent-minded daydreaming

    to fall into a reverie

  2. a piece of instrumental music suggestive of a daydream

  3. archaica fanciful or visionary notion; daydream

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ 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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51Թ 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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Now, shaken from a reverie, reality collides with illusion at the languid pace of a stream.

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The artists and activists, Mexican immigrants in a border town on the Rio Grande, tilt at policies targeting not only their families and neighbors but their bodies — amid sequences of chaotic abandon and stargazing reverie.

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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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