abstracted
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əb.ˈstɹæk.tɪd/
- (US) IPA(key): /əb.ˈstɹæk.tɪd/, /æb.ˈstɹæk.tɪd/
Adjective
abstracted (comparative more abstracted, superlative most abstracted)
- Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]
- (Can we date this quote?), Milton, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- The evil abstracted stood from his own evil.
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- (now rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
- (now rare) Abstract; abstruse; difficult. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
- Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 57:
- I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?
- ...an abstracted scholar...
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 57:
Derived terms
Translations
separated or disconnected
inattentive to surrounding objects
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References
- “abstracted” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860457-0, page 10.
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