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单词 reverist
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reveristn.

Brit. /ˈrɛvərɪst/, U.S. /ˈrɛvərəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reverie n., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < reverie n. + -ist suffix. Compare slightly later reverie v.
Now rare.
A person who indulges in or is susceptible to reveries; a daydreamer.
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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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