reverie
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛvəɹi/
noun
Etymology: From Middle French reverie (“revelry, drunkenness”), from Old French resverie, from resver (“to dream, to rave”), of uncertain origin. Compare rave.
- A caper, a frolic; merriment.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree French rêveriebor. English reverie Borrowed from French rêverie.
- To daydream.
“By this time the mouth begins to feel uneasy—I pick another cheroot from Cotton’s last box, and walk up and down reverie-ing as before.”
“So now the dream of all my life is realized, and I have seen snow mountains! When I was quite a little child of eight years old I used to reverie about them, and when I heard the name of the snow-covered Sierra de la Summa Paz (perfect peace) the idea was completed; and I thenceforth always thought of eternal snow and perfect peace together, and longed to see the one and drink in the other.”