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noun
A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: castles in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A caper, a frolic; merriment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To daydream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an abstracted state of absorption
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: revery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: abstractedness, abstraction
Narrower terms: dream, brown study
noun
absentminded dreaming while awake
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: revery, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dream, dreaming
History
Borrowed from French rêverie.
From Middle French reverie (“revelry, drunkenness”), from Old French resverie, from resver (“to dream, to rave”), of uncertain origin. Compare rave.
Across languages
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
