Reverie

Reverie
Reverie Rev"er*ie, Revery Rev"er*y, n.; pl. {Reveries}. [F. r['e]verie, fr. r[^e]ver to dream, rave, be light-headed. Cf. {Rave}.] 1. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. ``Rapt in nameless reveries.'' --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

2. An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [R.] [1913 Webster]

There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish minds]. --Addison. [1913 Webster]


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  • reverie — REVERÍE, reverii, s.f. Visare. ♦ Piesă vocală sau instrumentală de mici proporţii, cu caracter visător. – Din fr. réverie. Trimis de LauraGellner, 08.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  REVERÍE s. contemplaţie, meditaţie, vis, visare. (Cufundat în reverie.) …   Dicționar Român

  • Reverie — may refer to:* A daydream * Reverie, Tennessee, a small town in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States * Reverie (Band), a rock and roll band from Chicago, Illinois, United States * Rêverie, a song by Claude Debussy …   Wikipedia

  • reverie — (n.) mid 14c., wild conduct, frolic, from O.Fr. reverie revelry, raving, delirium, from resver to dream, wander, rave, of uncertain origin (also the root of rave). Meaning daydream is first attested 1650s. As a type of musical composition, it is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • reverie — [rev′ə rē] n. [Fr rêverie < MFr, delirium < rever, roam: see RAVE] 1. dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming 2. a dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream …   English World dictionary

  • Rêverie — (franz.: Träumerei) ist der Titel zahlreicher Kompositionen (wie Nr. 7 aus Robert Schumanns Kinderszenen) der Titel eines Portraits der Jeanne Samary von Auguste Renoir der Titel einer Lithographie von Alphonse Mucha …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rêverie — (franz.), Träumerei …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Rêverie — (frz., spr. räw rih), Träumerei …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • reverie — index contemplation, figment, introspection, preoccupation, reflection (thought) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • rêverie — /rɛ vri/ s.f., fr. [der. di rêve sogno ], in ital. invar. [condizione di chi si abbandona al fantasticare] ▶◀ fantasia, fantasticheria, sogno …   Enciclopedia Italiana

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