rêverie — meaning in English

English meaning

• daydream noun A pleasant chain of thoughts or fantasies that drift through your mind while you're awake, disconnected from what's actually happening around you.
• reverie noun A state of pleasant daydreaming or drifting thought.

Senses

rêverie is used for these senses in English:

• blue-sky thinking (idiomatic) A form of thinking that is not grounded or in touch with the realities of the present, and can thus benefit from creative imagination.
• reverie A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. [from 1657]

daydream — full definition

1. noun A pleasant chain of thoughts or fantasies that drift through your mind while you're awake, disconnected from what's actually happening around you.
2. verb To let your mind wander into pleasant fantasies instead of paying attention to what's in front of you.

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