About The Word Reverie
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Reverie
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What's The Definition Of Reverie?
[n] an abstracted state of absorption
[n] absent-minded dreaming while awake Synonyms | Synonyms for Reverie: air castle | castle in Spain | castle in the air | daydream | daydreaming | oneirism | revery Related Terms | Find terms related to Reverie: See Also | abstractedness | abstraction | brown study | dream | dreaming Reverie In Webster's Dictionary \Rev"er*ie\, Revery \Rev"er*y\, n.; pl. {Reveries}. [F.
r['e]verie, fr. r[^e]ver to dream, rave, be light-headed. Cf.
{Rave}.]
1. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing
or mediation; deep musing; daydream. ``Rapt in nameless
reveries.'' --Tennyson.
When ideas float in our mind without any reflection
or regard of the understanding, it is that which the
French call revery, our language has scarce a name
for it. --Locke.
2. An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [R.]
There are infinite reveries and numberless
extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish
minds]. --Addison.
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