Associations to the word «Abstracted»

Wiktionary

ABSTRACTED, adjective. Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
ABSTRACTED, adjective. (now) (rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
ABSTRACTED, adjective. (now) (rare) Abstract; abstruse; difficult. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
ABSTRACTED, adjective. Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
ABSTRACTED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of abstract

Dictionary definition

ABSTRACTED, adjective. Lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence".

Wise words

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