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[of] "revery" | an act or state of absent-minded daydreaming | a piece of instrumental music suggestive of a daydream | [archaic] a fanciful or ... (22 of 394 words, 5 definitions, 7 usage examples, pronunciations)
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an act or state of absent-minded daydreaming | a piece of instrumental music suggestive of a daydream | [archaic] a fanciful or visionary notion; ... (22 of 423 words, 3 definitions, 10 usage examples, pronunciations)
"daydream" | the condition of being lost in thought (8 of 108 words, 2 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciations)
pleasant thoughts that make you forget what you are doing or what is happening around you (16 of 49 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing. | a daydream. | a fantastic, visionary, or impractical idea. | [music] an instrumental composition of ... (21 of 45 words, 4 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
dreamy thinking or imagining, especially of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming | a dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream (19 of 33 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
Plural form of reverie. | Plural form of revery. (8 of 9 words, 2 definitions)
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[archaic] A caper, a frolic; merriment. | A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. | An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision. (31 of 77 words, 3 definitions, 4 usage examples, pronunciation)
may refer to: A daydream | A dreamy state of mind. | reverie, an instrumental composition of a diffuse and dreamy character "Rêverie", a solo piano piece by Claude Debussy | Reverie, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in Tipton County, Tennessee, ... (37 of 154 words, 13 definitions)
a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream | [music] an instrumental piece suggesting a dreamy or musing state | [archaic] a ... (23 of 89 words, 3 definitions, 4 usage examples, pronunciation)
A state of abstracted musing; daydreaming. | A daydream (8 of 35 words, 2 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
(a state of having) pleasant dream-like thoughts (7 of 26 words, 1 usage example, pronunciations)
a state of idle and pleasant contemplation (7 of 25 words, pronunciation)
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First use: 14th century
Origin: from Old French resverie wildness, from resver to behave wildly, of uncertain origin; see rave1
First use: mid-14th century
Origin: "wild conduct, frolic", from Old French reverie "revelry, raving, delirium", from resver "to dream, wander, rave", of uncertain origin ... (21 of 42 etymology words)
Origin: Old French reverie ("revelry"), from resver ("to dream, to rave"), of uncertain origin. Compare rave. Attested as "caper, frolic," from 14thC; as "daydreaming" from 1657.
First use: early 17th century
Origin: obsolete French resverie, from Old French reverie "rejoicing, revelry", from rever "be delirious", of unknown ultimate origin
First use: 1654
Origin: French rêverie, from Middle French, delirium, from resver, rever to wander, be delirious
Origin: French rêverie from Middle French, delirium from rever, roam: see "rave"
Origin: Middle English, revelry, from Old French, from rever, to dream.
First use: Early 17th century
Origin: French from rêver "to dream"
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