reverie
noun
[ ˈrɛv(ə)ri ]
• a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.
• "a knock on the door broke her reverie"
Similar:
daydream,
daydreaming,
trance,
fantasy,
vision,
fancy,
hallucination,
musing,
inattention,
inattentiveness,
wool-gathering,
preoccupation,
obliviousness,
engrossment,
absorption,
self-absorption,
absent-mindedness,
abstraction,
lack of concentration,
lack of application,
dwam,
Origin:
early 17th century: from obsolete French resverie, from Old French reverie ‘rejoicing, revelry’, from rever ‘be delirious’, of unknown ultimate origin.
