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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: rêverie, from Old French rever 'to wander, dream'

reverie

 noun
     
rev‧e‧rie [uncountable and countable]
a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming [↪ daydream]:
She was startled out of her reverie by a loud crash.
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