reverie
noun/ˈrevəri/
/ˈrevəri/
[countable, uncountable] (formal)- a state of thinking about pleasant things, almost as though you are dreaming synonym daydream
- She was jolted out of her reverie as the door opened.
Extra Examples- She was jolted out of her reverie by the door opening.
- Simon seemed to be in some sort of reverie.
- This was no time for reverie.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from obsolete French resverie, from Old French reverie ‘rejoicing, revelry’, from rever ‘be delirious’, of unknown ultimate origin.Definitions on the go
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