Meaning and Origin
What does the name Reverie mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Reverie
User Submitted Origins
French
93%
Chinese
7%
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from Virginia, U.S., the name Reverie is of French origin and means "Dream or daydream".
- A submission from New Mexico, U.S. says the name Reverie means "Dream, daydream" and is of French origin.
- 3 people from the United States and Canada agree the name Reverie is of French origin and means "Daydream".
- According to a user from Virginia, U.S., the name Reverie is of French origin and means "Rejoice; daydream; muse".
- According to a user from Canada, the name Reverie is of French origin and means "English word name derived from the French term reverie, meaning 'to dream' or 'to wander'".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun
Senses
- A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream."Rapt in nameless reveries." [Tennyson.]"When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it." [Locke.]
- An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision.(R)"There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish minds]." [Addison.]
Etymology: F. réverie, fr. rêver to dream, rave, be light-headed. Cf. Rave
Other Dictionary Sources
- An abstracted state of absorption
- Absentminded dreaming while awake
Wiktionary
From French rêverie
- A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. [1657]
- An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.
From Middle French reverie (“revelry, drunkenness”), from Old French resverie, from resver (“to dream, to rave”), of uncertain origin. Compare rave.
- (archaic) A caper, a frolic; merriment. [mid 14th Century]
reverie was also found in the following language(s): Old French and Romanian