Associations to the word «Reverie»

Wiktionary

REVERIE, noun. (archaic) A caper, a frolic; merriment.
REVERIE, noun. A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream.
REVERIE, noun. An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.

Dictionary definition

REVERIE, noun. Absentminded dreaming while awake.
REVERIE, noun. An abstracted state of absorption.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.