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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

  • reverification
  • reverify
reverie Synonyms

reverie

n.

meditation, musing, daydream, woolgathering; see dream 1, fancy 2, reflection 1.

reverie Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • jam: Itâs all good, but I particularly enjoyed the reverie of âSunday Jam Jar Daysâ with its dragon and damsel flies.

Converse of object

  • induce: On reaching the Buffalo Springs reserve we were soon roused from our travel induced reverie.
  • enjoy: Itâs all good, but I particularly enjoyed the reverie of âSunday Jam Jar Daysâ with its dragon and damsel flies.
  • break: Anyway, the page loaded, breaking the reverie.

Adjective modifier

  • private: Paintings that follow a distinctive path by building bridges between the abstract and the figurative, between public statement and private reverie.
  • romantic: Edmond is unconvincing as a character, a bizarrely anachronistic Brideshead type who could only exist in dreamy romantic reveries of the female mind.
  • nostalgic: So they retreat into a nostalgic reverie for an idyllic England that never existed, but which cricket is meant to symbolize.
  • own: For example, have you tried to set down some of your own reveries or more undefinable feelings?
  • melancholy: The remnants of architecture achieve a melancholy reverie as ivy creeps up a lonely column.
  • deep: Standing in Vernon Crescent, he is in a deep reverie but is suddenly snapped out of it by a cry of " Murder!
reverie Quotes

At its best a poem full of space and reverie.

—Baudelaire, Charles