reverie

1 absent-minded dreaming while awake [syn: revery, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain]

2 an abstracted state of absorption [syn: revery]

English

Etymology

First attested circa fourteenth century, “caper, frolic,” from reverie, “revelry,” from resver, “to dream, rave,” of uncertain origin. Modern sense of “daydreaming” is first attested 1657.

Pronunciation

Noun

reverie or revery

1. A state of dreaming while awake

   “Defago looked up quickly, as from an interrupted reverie, a reverie, however, that had not prevented his seeing all that went on about him.”

Synonyms

• air castle
• castle in Spain
• castle in the air
• daydream
• daydreaming
• oneirism

Translations

Romanian

Noun

1. reverie, any form of dreaming (e.g. daydreaming, dreaming, and thinking)

Declension

ro-noun-f-ie reveri

See also

• visare

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

Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absentmindedness, absorption, abstractedness, abstraction, amnesia, bad dream, bemusement, brown study, castle-building, catalepsy, cataplexy, catatonic stupor, close study, concentration, contemplation, contemplativeness, daydream, daydreamer, daydreaming, daze, deep thought, depth of thought, dream, dream state, dreaming, engrossment, fantasy, fantasying, fit of abstraction, fugue, fugue state, hypnotic trance, incubus, meditation, melancholy, mooning, moonraking, muse, musefulness, musing, muted ecstasy, nightmare, pensiveness, pipe dream, pipe-dreaming, preoccupation, profound thought, reflectiveness, sleepwalking, somnambulism, speculativeness, stargazing, study, stupor, thought, thoughtfulness, trance, vision, wistfulness, woolgathering