rêverie

Noun (1)

reverie (countable and uncountable, plural reveries)

1. 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...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Conversation after Breakfast”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 77

   Synonyms:

   castles in Spain, castle in the air, castle in the skies, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism

2. 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 .November 17, 1711, Joseph Addison, The Spectator No. 225

Noun (2)

reverie (plural reveries)

1. (archaic) A caper, a frolic; merriment.

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