- 1. a. Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful. Source: opted
- 2. n. Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design. Source: opted
- 3. adj. dreamy in mood or nature Source: wordnet
- 4. n. an idle indulgence in fantasy Source: wordnet
- 5. Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful. Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design. His wits were a woolgathering, as they say. Burton. Source: webster
- 6. Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination;roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful. Source: adambom
- 7. n. an idle indulgence in fantasy Source: ecdict
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