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   reverie

   /ˈrɛv(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream: "a knock on the door broke her reverie"
   • ▪ an instrumental piece suggesting a dreamy or musing state: "his own compositions can move from impressionist reveries to an orchestral chordal approach"
   • ▪ a fanciful or impractical idea or theory: "he defended and explained all the reveries of astrology"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from obsolete French resverie, from Old French reverie ‘rejoicing, revelry’, from rever ‘be delirious’, of unknown ultimate origin.

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