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reverie definition

rev·erie (rev′ə rē)

noun

  1. dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming
  2. a dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream

Etymology: Fr rêverie < MFr, delirium < rever, roam: see rave

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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