reverie Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun absentminded dreaming while awake
    revery; castle in Spain; air castle; daydream; daydreaming; castle in the air; oneirism.
  2. noun an abstracted state of absorption
    revery.

WordNet

Rev"er*ie, Rev"er*y noun (Also<
  • Reverie
  • Revery
)
Etymology
F. réverie, fr. rêver to dream, rave, be light-headed. Cf. Rave.
Wordforms
plural Reveries
Definitions
  1. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. "Rapt in nameless reveries." Tennyson.
    When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it. Locke.
  2. An extravagant concient of the fancy; a vision. R.
    There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish minds]. Addison.

Webster 1913