Associations to the word «Engrossment»

Wiktionary

ENGROSSMENT, noun. (uncountable) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
ENGROSSMENT, noun. (countable) The fact or instance of writing in a legal document.

Dictionary definition

ENGROSSMENT, noun. Complete attention; intense mental effort.
ENGROSSMENT, noun. The mental state of being preoccupied by something.
ENGROSSMENT, noun. The quality of being intent and concentrated; "the intentness of his gaze".

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras