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BNC: 16634 COCA: 14321

reverie

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
reverie /ˈrɛvəri/ noun
plural reveries
reverie
/ˈrɛvəri/
noun
plural reveries
Learner's definition of REVERIE
formal + literary
: a state in which you are thinking about pleasant things白日梦;美好幻想
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BNC: 16634 COCA: 14321

reverie

noun

rev·​er·​ie ˈre-və-rē How to pronounce reverie (audio)
ˈrev-rē
variants or less commonly revery
plural reveries
1
2
: the condition of being lost in thought

Example Sentences

I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late.
Recent Examples on the Web Inevitably, my reverie—inspired by a piece of paper bearing Hebrew letters—gave rise to thoughts on the importance of political leadership, as well as the miraculous nature of Jewish history. Meir Soloveichik, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Kenneth Tynan’s Profile, from 1979, captures her ineffable magic, as Tynan watches her old movies in a reverie, before introducing us to Brooks at seventy-one, arthritic and reclusive but still mesmerizing. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2022 Not unlike a reverie, the 10-part adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s seminal comic book series brooks no borders. Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 If there was a pall among the reverie regarding Friday’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, it was subdued as people decked themselves out in their most colorful finery and filled the extra cars the South Shore Line tacked on for the occasion. Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2022 Readers who give themselves over fully to Yuknavitch’s aqueous story will catch strains of Jeanette Winterson and David Mitchell, but there’s nothing derivative about her insightful reverie. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 21 June 2022 Reegan Ray plays Mary Ann as a devoted friend who plays along with Ginger’s delusions and occasionally slips into the island reverie. San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2022 Her reverie was interrupted when her radio buzzed in her pocket. Francesca Street, CNN, 31 May 2022 The throaty roar of a nearby lion startled me out of my reverie. Christine Chitnis, ELLE, 24 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French rêverie, from Middle French, delirium, from resver, rever to wander, be delirious

First Known Use

1654, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of reverie was in 1654
BNC: 16634 COCA: 14321
BNC: 16634 COCA: 14321
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reverie
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遐想

0_0: Translations of reverie
  • # n.
    空想: cloud-castle, conceit, escapism, fantasy, imagination, reverie
    夢幻: dream, fantasy, illusion, phantasy, reverie, revery
    夢想: cloud-castle, dream, reverie, revery

0_0: Definitions of reverie
  • # noun.
    - a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.
    * a knock on the door broke her reverie

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