Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Reverie \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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
There are infinite reveries and numberless
extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish
minds]. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reverie
n 1: absentminded dreaming while awake [syn: {reverie},
{revery}, {daydream}, {daydreaming}, {oneirism}, {air
castle}, {castle in the air}, {castle in Spain}]
2: an abstracted state of absorption [syn: {reverie}, {revery}]
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