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reverien. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French reverie. Etymology: < Middle French reverie, resverie (French rêverie , †resverie ) madness, delirium, wildness, rage, revelry, wantonness (13th cent. in Old French), incoherent thinking, wandering of the mind, foolish idea, idiocy, absurdity (15th cent.), deep reflection, meditative or reflective thought (1580) < rever rave v.1 + -ie -y suffix3. With the exception of the (apparently isolated) use in quot. 1477 at sense 4aα. , the uses in branch II. apparently reflect a reborrowing of the French word in the 17th cent. Compare ravery n.The fully anglicized spelling revery is rare. In Scots use in form raverie perhaps by association with ravery n. †I. Senses relating to wild or uncontrolled behaviour. 1. the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [noun] the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [noun] c1350 in (1951) 2 43 (MED) Wyle I werede Robes of Ray þo myst I ride Boþe In my ryot & in Rage and In ryuori. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 85 Thanne were ther yonge poure scolers two..Testyf they were and lusty for to pleye And oonly for hir myrthe and reuerye Vp on the wardeyn bisily they crye To yeue hem leue..To go to Mille and seen hir corn ygrounde. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Nero) iv. l. 878 For..reuery rewis þar resson. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Nero) v. l. 4845 In fretis and reuerrysse Makande to dewillis oft sacrifice. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius (1858) II. 370 Into Scotland thair wes richt mony lordis, Ȝoung and wantoun, and full of reuery. the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) (1891) l. 720 These briddis maden..Layes of loue..The swetnesse of her melodye Made al myn herte in reuerye [Thynne reuelrye; Fr. reverdie]. the mind > emotion > anger > [noun] > state or condition of anger c1425 (c1400) 11369 (MED) The dedis of Ector ben wide y-kyd..How fele kynges sclow he..How he sclow In his reuery The douȝti kyng Prothesaly! 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1893) xxiv. 57 They had a Capytayne..whiche brought them in suche reuerye [Fr. enrederie] and murmur that they spake largely and rudely ayenst the knyghtes. 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1893) cxvi. 174 Therle of tholouse, whiche, in a reuerrye wheryn he was, sayde that he wold not acquyte his part, ne gyue it ouer to noman lyuyng. the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > profane language c1425 (c1400) 14255 (MED) He at him hadde gret dispit For his wordes & his reueri. c1540 (?a1400) 7651 Ephistafus hym presit with his proude wordes, As a ribold with reueray in his Roide speche. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [noun] > loud sound or noise a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1960) xi. xiii. l. 32 The wemen rowtis baldly to the assay, With felloun bruyt, gret revery [1553 reveray] and deray. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1959) x. vii. l. 117 Than he..Behaldis quhou that the low doys mak deray, Blesand and crakand with a nyce reuery. II. Senses relating to thought or ideas. 4. the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > act(s) of the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] α. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1913) 42 He reentred in to his Reuerie of loue..And sette all in oublie and forgeting the poysaunt and dangerous strokes that he had that day receyuid in the bataylle..and concluded in him self that on the morn he wolde declare his corage vnto the lady. 1657 T. Pierce sig. a3 When he came out of his Reverie, and found the grossenesse of his mistake, his vexation and his shame made him Impatient of his Life. 1714 A. Pope 16 Aug. (1956) I. 243 My Rêverie has been so deep, that I have scarce had an interval to think my self uneasy. 1753 S. Richardson VI. 26 I was sometimes ready to doubt whether I were not in a resverie. 1778 F. Burney II. xxix. 251 I started from my reverie. 1819 W. Irving ii. 149 She walked about in a sad reverie, apparently unconscious of the world around her. 1853 C. Brontë I. vi. 104 In my reverie, methought I saw the continent of Europe..far away. 1871 J. S. Blackie i. 14 Whether he would remain all night standing in that reverie. a1902 S. Butler (1903) xxxviii. 168 She was off in one of her reveries at once. 1951 J. Neihardt xv. 119 The old man ceased speaking and fell into a reverie. 1991 J. Wolf i. ix. 103 He let out his breath and came out of his reverie. 2001 J. Hamilton-Paterson (2002) ii. 12 My host drifted off into a reverie, the forgotten cup sagging in his hand and slopping tea into the saucer. the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [noun] 1690 J. Locke ii. xix. 111 When Ideas float in our Mind, without any reflection or regard of the Understanding, it is that which the French call Resvery; our Language has scarce a name for it. 1708 G. Berkeley (1948) I. 100 The distinction between Idea and Ideatum I cannot otherwise conceive than by making one the effect or consequence of Dream, rêverie, Imagination, the other of sense & the Constant laws of Nature. 1755 J. Grainger Solitude in R. Dodsley 234 Rapt earth-gazing Resvery, Blushing artless, Modesty,..Seek the solitary wild. 1763 ii. 19 His fits of reverie were..frequent. 1797 A. Radcliffe I. i. 21 He was lost in revery on this subject. 1813 W. Scott vi. 290 Mark with what flights Of wildered reverie he writes. 1889 tr. A. Moll (1890) iv. 193 There is often reverie independent of the will. 1954 E. Taylor 123 From time to time I glanced a little beyond the book and fell into reverie. 1988 W. Horwood ii. xii. 157 Tryfan permitted himself the indulgence of reverie, remembering again the warmth and light of his pupwood. 2003 K. Sampson 28 ‘Everything OK there, mate?’ He jerks back round as though snapping out of reverie. society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > piece of dreamy nature 1858 Dec. 358/1 New music of merit, suitable for Presents. Each of the titles illustrated in colors in the highest style of art. Echoes of the Lake, reverie by S. Glover, 2s. 6d. 1880 F. R. Ritter tr. R. Schumann 527 There is only one number among the reveries in which the composer has nearly refrained altogether from any mixture of virtuoso accessories. 1914 L. C. Elson I. 209 The Reverie should be played with every note clearly sounded, although the melody in the right hand must naturally be given full prominence. 1989 XVIII. 789/1 The second, fourth, and fifth movements include ‘realistic’ detail of the most vivid kind; and the opening one is an introspective reverie. 5. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > something unreal α. 1602 J. Colville 43 No vther thing can moue the defendars of this phantastik reuerie of inuisibilitie (repugning so much to sens, raison and scriptur) to quytt and renunce the same. a1656 R. Gordon (1813) 444 Their foolish pedegrie..with such other fabulous and forged reavearies, unworthie to be mentioned by any that..doth favour the truth. 1668 L. Willan ii. 3 The Word Incarnate, who (though Turtullian's Reverie hath other ways figured Him) was, without doubt, in his Person the most beautiful among men. 1758 Ld. Chesterfield 15 Dec. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2334 This rêverie of mine, I hope, will be tried, and I wish it may succeed. 1774 J. Bryant (new ed.) I. 453 Some of them..have rendered their works..little better than the reveries of Monsr. Voltaire. 1802 J. Playfair 480 The author of this strange and inconsistent reverie is, nevertheless, an excellent observer. 1841 D. Brewster ii. i. 142 Tycho delivered a course of lectures, in which he..defended and explained all the reveries of astrology. 1913 F. H. Garrison (1914) xi. 361 Clinical medicine was dominated by the fanciful reveries of the Nature–Philosophy School. 2002 K. H. Tucker iii. 85 They saw themselves as practical materialists,..in opposition to the abstract reveries of idealist philosophies and theologies. the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > rumour 1787 W. Taylor 59 This rev'rie spread about the Cummer. 1867 W. Gregor 143 There's a reverie it the doctor's gain' awa. 1915 H. Beaton 129 The Herds wull pit oot a reverie if I socht Jean tull the ball. c1930 in VII. 362/2 A raverie gaed oot 'at the laird wis gyaan te raise a' oor rents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). reveriev. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: reverie n. Etymology: < reverie n. Compare French rêver (see rave v.1). Compare slightly earlier reverist n. and slightly later reverize v. the mind > mental capacity > thought > think or have in mind [verb (transitive)] > cherish the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > look back, retrospect [verb (intransitive)] the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > indulge in daydreams [verb (intransitive)] 1832 J. G. Lockhart Noctes Ambrosianae in Oct. 694 I..walk up and down reverie-ing as before. 1880 M. V. G. Havergal vii. 98 I used to reverie about them. 1920 W. F. Robie 70 During my twelfth and thirteenth years I often reveried in school, or less often at night, with penis quite erect—imagining perhaps myself in company with several of the girls. 1980 P. Van Greenaway viii. 168 He reveried on. the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > look back on [verb (transitive)] the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased with [verb (transitive)] > dwell with pleasure on 1961 B. Malamud 315 He reveried accomplishment..foresaw an effective if..short career. 1966 B. Malamud (1969) vii. iii. 218 Yakov reveried the past. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.c1350 v.1832 |
