Word:
Reverie
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
A state in which you are thinking about pleasant things: daydream.
Sentences:
1) I was in reverie and didn't even realize my flight was boarding till it was almost too late.
2) A knock on the door broke her reverie.
Origin:
French réverie, from Middle French, delirium, from resver, rever which means 'to wonder', be 'delirious'.
First use:
1654
Synonyms:
daydream, study, trance, woolgathering
Antonyms:
reality, nightmare, presence, life, truth.
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