REVERIE


Meaning of REVERIE in English

noun

or rev·ery ˈrev(ə)rē, -ri

( plural reveries )

Etymology: French rêverie, from Middle French resverie, raverie, reverie delirium, rage, revelry, from resver, raver, rever to wander, be delirious + -erie -ery

1. : an extravagant or fanciful product of the mind : a theory or notion marked by strangeness or impracticality : a purely visionary or theoretical concept

the scheme was pure reverie

2.

a. : the condition of being lost in thought or abstracted musing

passed the day in reverie before the fire

b. : a sequence of thoughts or images not purposively directed

had a reverie about the children's future

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.