Reverie Definition

rĕvə-rē
reveries
noun
reveries
Dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming.
Webster's New World
A dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream.
Webster's New World

A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. [From 1657.]

Wiktionary

(archaic) A caper, a frolic; merriment. [From 14thC.]

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Other Word Forms of Reverie

Noun

Singular:
reverie
Plural:
reveries

Origin of Reverie

  • From 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.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English revelry from Old French from rever to dream

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Reverie Sentence Examples

  • Her reverie passed quickly and she seemed embarrassed by it.

  • Their reverie was broken by a loud groan from behind them.

  • There was silence for a moment, a brief reverie of relief.

  • Anyway, the page loaded, breaking the reverie.

  • A scream—not the blood-curdling variety, more a high-pitched screech—from upstairs broke his reverie.

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Words Starting With

RREREV

Words Ending With

EIERIE

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Words Starting With R and Ending With E

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