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noun, a piece of instrumental music suggestive of a daydream
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reverie or revery
- 1) noun, an act or state of absent-minded daydreaming
- 2) noun, a piece of instrumental music suggestive of a daydream
- 3) noun, a fanciful or visionary notion; daydream
Etymology
C14: from Old French resverie wildness, from resver to behave wildly, of uncertain origin; see rave1
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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Synonyms
daydream, muse, preoccupation, trance, abstraction, absent-minded, woolgathering
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