REVERIE


Meaning of REVERIE in English

n.1 a fit of abstracted musing (was lost in a reverie).

2 archaic a fantastic notion or theory; a delusion.

3 Mus. an instrumental piece suggesting a dreamy or musing state.

Etymology: obs. F resverie f. OF reverie rejoicing, revelry f. rever be delirious, of unkn. orig.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.