单词 | reverist |
释义 | reveristn. Now rare. A person who indulges in or is susceptible to reveries; a daydreamer. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] > one who daydreams musardc1330 John-a-dreams1603 air-monger1628 castle-builder1711 daydreamer1750 castle-hunter1752 Alnaschar1800 reverist1824 stargazer1843 Johnny Head-in-the-Air?1851 pipe-dreamer1899 head-in-air1932 Walter Mitty1947 Mitty1953 1824 London Mag. Nov. 473/2 The reverist is transported by his imagination to a world which he believed to exist beyond the bounds of his actual knowledge. 1855 Knickerbocker May 479 A driveling, dreaming Reverist, who sits alone, and builds his castles in the clouds. 1884 Beecher in Christian World Pulpit 25 212 They were reverists, idealists. 1993 Guardian (Nexis) 18 Dec. The referee, clearly a reverist, played what by Wimbledonian calculations was nearly three minutes over the span allotted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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