reverie : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reverie	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for reverie
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reverie n absentminded dreaming while awake [syn: reverie, revery, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain] an abstracted state of absorption Synonym(s): reverie, revery
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reverie \Rev"erie\, Revery \Rev"ery\, n.; pl. {Reveries}. [F. r[82]verie, fr. r[88]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. [bd]Rapt in nameless reveries.[b8] --Tennyson. 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. 2. An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [R.] There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish minds]. --Addison.