reverie
21Reverie — Re|ve|rie 〈[ və ] f. 19; Mus.〉 Träumerei, träumerisch elegisches Musikstück [<frz. réverie „Träumerei“] * * * Re|ve|rie [rɛvə...], die; , n [frz. rêverie, zu: rêver = träumen] (Musik): Titel eines elegisch träumerischen Instrumentalstücks;… …
22reverie — n. 1) to indulge in reveries 2) to be lost in reverie * * * [ revərɪ] to be lost in reverie to indulge in reveries …
23reverie — rev|e|rie [ˈrevəri] n [U and C] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: rêverie, from Old French rever to wander, dream ] a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming →↑daydream ▪ She was startled out of her reverie… …
24reverie — [[t]re̱vəri[/t]] reveries N COUNT A reverie is a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, as if you are dreaming. [FORMAL] The announcer s voice brought Holden out of his reverie. Syn: daydream …
25reverie — rev•er•ie [[t]ˈrɛv ə ri[/t]] n. 1) a state of meditation or fanciful musing: lost in reverie[/ex] 2) a daydream 3) a fantastic, visionary, or impractical idea • Etymology: 1325–75; < OF reverie, der. of rever to speak wildly …
26reverie — 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 …
27reverie — also revery noun (plural reveries) Etymology: French rêverie, from Middle French, delirium, from resver, rever to wander, be delirious Date: 1654 1. daydream 2. the condition of being lost in thought …
28reverie — noun A state of dreaming while awake Defago looked up quickly, as from an interrupted reverie, one that had not prevented his seeing all that went on about him. Syn: air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism …
29rêverie — rê·ve·rie s.f.inv. ES fr. {{wmetafile0}} 1. sogno, fantasticheria | nel linguaggio della critica letteraria, artistica e musicale, opera o componimento artistico che presenta caratteri onirici o fantastici: rêverie poetica, pittorica 2. TS psic.… …
30reverie — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. daydream, musing, fancy, brown study, woolgathering. See imagination, inattention. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. meditation, musing, daydream, woolgathering; see dream 1 , fancy 2 , reflection 1 . III… …
