reverie

reverie
reverie (n.) mid-14c., "wild conduct, frolic," from O.Fr. reverie "revelry, raving, delirium," from resver "to dream, wander, rave," of uncertain origin (also the root of rave). Meaning "daydream" is first attested 1650s. As a type of musical composition, it is attested from 1880.

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  • rêverie — [ rɛvri ] n. f. • 1580; « délire » déb. XIIIe; de rêver 1 ♦ Vieilli Activité de l esprit qui médite, qui réfléchit. ⇒ 1. pensée, réflexion. « L analyse d un mot, sa physionomie, son histoire étaient pour Lambert l occasion d une longue rêverie »… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • reverie — REVERÍE, reverii, s.f. Visare. ♦ Piesă vocală sau instrumentală de mici proporţii, cu caracter visător. – Din fr. réverie. Trimis de LauraGellner, 08.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  REVERÍE s. contemplaţie, meditaţie, vis, visare. (Cufundat în reverie.) …   Dicționar Român

  • Reverie — may refer to:* A daydream * Reverie, Tennessee, a small town in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States * Reverie (Band), a rock and roll band from Chicago, Illinois, United States * Rêverie, a song by Claude Debussy …   Wikipedia

  • reverie — [rev′ə rē] n. [Fr rêverie < MFr, delirium < rever, roam: see RAVE] 1. dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming 2. a dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream …   English World dictionary

  • Reverie — Rev er*ie, Revery Rev er*y, n.; pl. {Reveries}. [F. r[ e]verie, fr. r[^e]ver to dream, rave, be light headed. Cf. {Rave}.] 1. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. Rapt in nameless reveries …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rêverie — (franz.: Träumerei) ist der Titel zahlreicher Kompositionen (wie Nr. 7 aus Robert Schumanns Kinderszenen) der Titel eines Portraits der Jeanne Samary von Auguste Renoir der Titel einer Lithographie von Alphonse Mucha …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rêverie — (franz.), Träumerei …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Rêverie — (frz., spr. räw rih), Träumerei …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • reverie — index contemplation, figment, introspection, preoccupation, reflection (thought) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • rêverie — /rɛ vri/ s.f., fr. [der. di rêve sogno ], in ital. invar. [condizione di chi si abbandona al fantasticare] ▶◀ fantasia, fantasticheria, sogno …   Enciclopedia Italiana

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