noun
reverie
REH-vuh-ree
noun
1
A state of pleasant daydreaming or drifting thought.
"She stared out the train window, lost in reverie."
"The music sent him into a quiet reverie about childhood summers."
How to Use Reverie
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDaydreaming — a pleasant, unfocused drift of the mind.
Common pairings
lost in reverie
a moment of reverie
sink into reverie
Word Forms
reveried past tense, reveries plural, reveries plural, reveries singular
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Etymology
Borrowed from French rêverie, from rêver, "to dream".