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reverie /ˈrɛv(ə)ri/
noun
  • 1 a daydream.

    archaic a fanciful idea or theory.

  • 2 Music an instrumental piece suggesting a dreamy or musing state.
– origin C17: from obs. Fr. resverie, from OFr. reverie ‘rejoicing, revelry’, from rever ‘be delirious’.



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