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reverie

n.
US //ˈɹɛvɝi// UK //ɹˈɛvəɹˌi// rever·ie Archaic
Synonyms
Etymology 1

From French rêverie.

Etymology 2

From Middle French reverie (“revelry, drunkenness”), from Old French resverie, from resver (“to dream, to rave”), of uncertain origin. Compare rave.

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