Found 2 items, similar to revery.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: revery
revery
n 1: an abstracted state of absorption [syn:
reverie]
2: absent-minded dreaming while awake [syn:
reverie,
daydream,
daydreaming,
oneirism,
air castle,
castle in the air
,
castle in Spain]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Revery
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.
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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.
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2. An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [R.]
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There are infinite reveries and numberless
extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish
minds]. --Addison.
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Revery
\Rev"er*y\, n.
Same as
Reverie.
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