reverie
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reverie¹
- /ˈɹɛvəɹi/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French rêverie.
noun reveries · rêverie · revery
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A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream.
If you rouse from your reverie, you are restless and agitated; your eye wanders round in one perpetual search; and if, perchance, as has happened once or twice, he has only passed in the distance, your eye brightens, your cheek flushes crimson, and your whole frame quivers with uncontrollable emotio
Similar: castles in Spain, castle in the air, castle in the skies, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism
- An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision. If the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool; There are infinite reveries , numberless extravagancies , and a perpetual train of vanities , which pass through both .
verb reveries · reverying · reveried
- To daydream. By this time the mouth begins to feel uneasy—I pick another cheroot from Cotton’s last box, and walk up and down reverie-ing as before.
reverie²
- /ˈɹɛvəɹi/
Where it comes from
From Middle French reverie (“revelry, drunkenness”), from Old French resverie, from resver (“to dream, to rave”), of uncertain origin. Compare rave.
noun reveries
- A caper, a frolic; merriment.
Translations
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noun state of dreaming while awake
| Português | devaneio |
|---|---|
| Français | rêverie |
| Deutsch | Tagtraum |
| Italiano | sogno ad occhi aperti |
| Русский | забытьё zabytʹjó, грёзы grjózy |
noun conceit of imagination
| Español | fantasía |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Träumerei, Fantasie |
| Italiano | fantasticheria, sogno ad occhi aperti |
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