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reverie
[ rev-uh-ree ]
/ ˈrɛv ə ri /
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noun
a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing: lost in reverie.
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.
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British Dictionary definitions for reverie
reverie
revery
/ (ˈrɛvərɪ) /
noun plural -eries
an act or state of absent-minded daydreamingto fall into a reverie
a piece of instrumental music suggestive of a daydream
archaic a fanciful or visionary notion; daydream
Word Origin for reverie
C14: from Old French resverie wildness, from resver to behave wildly, of uncertain origin; see rave 1
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