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Definition of Reverie
1. Noun. Absentminded dreaming while awake.
Generic synonyms: Dream, Dreaming
Derivative terms: Daydream, Daydream, Daydream, Daydream
2. Noun. An abstracted state of absorption.
Generic synonyms: Abstractedness, Abstraction
Specialized synonyms: Dream, Brown Study
Definition of Reverie
1. n. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream.
Definition of Reverie
1. Noun. A state of dreaming while awake ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reverie
1. a daydream [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reverie
Literary usage of Reverie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1824)
"The habit we allude to is that known by the name of reverie, or that indolent
exercise of the imagination, much easier conceived than defined, ..."
2. Principles of mental physiology: With Their Applications to the Training and by William Benjamin Carpenter (1881)
"In the first, the directing and controlling- power of the Will is suspended, and
the thoughts flow onwards automatically, as in reverie or Abstraction, ..."
3. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"reverie—SCHUTT ['World's Best Music," Vol. Ill, p. 680. ... The reverie is a
notable study in harmonic variety. ..."
4. Paris as Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton (1900)
"reverie GEORGE SAND I KNOW of no city in the world where strolling reverie is
more agreeable than in Paris. If the poor pedestrian through heat and cold ..."
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