ABSENT-MINDED
ADJECTIVES
1586 — ABSTRACTED absent-minded, inattentive, faraway
1748 — DISTRAIT absent–minded; having the attention distracted from what is present
1777 — QUIXOTIC absent-minded through being excessively idealistic or romantic
1801 — PREOCCUPIED absent-minded, mentally distracted, engrossed in thought
1828 — YONDERLY absent-minded, vague → Eng. dial.
1864 — NOT ALL THERE absent-minded, inattentive →sl.
1869 — MOON-RAKING absent-minded → Eng. dial.
..20C — DEAD TO THE WORLD absent-minded, inattentive, day-dreaming; unconscious of one’s surroundings → sl., orig. US
1934 — PEBBLE-BEACHED absent-minded, dazed → sl.
1942 — ASLEEP AT THE BAG absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — ASLEEP AT THE BASE absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — ASLEEP ON THE JOB absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BLAH absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BLANK absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DEAD ABOVE THE EARS absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DEAD BETWEEN THE EARS absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DEAD FROM THE HOOFS UP absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DEAD FROM THE NECK UP absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DEAD-HEADED absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BAG absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BASE absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — GONE TO SLEEP ON THE JOB absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — HALF THERE absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — NO ONE AT HOME absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl (Bk.).
1942 — NOT KEEPING ONE’S EYE ON THE BALL absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — NOT ON THE JOB absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — NOT THERE absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — OUT OF TOWN absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — WITH A VACANT ATTIC absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — WITH A VACANT HOUSE absent-minded, inattentive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — MOONEY — MOONY absent-minded; dreamy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1960 — LUNCHY absent-minded, dull, stupid → US students’ sl.
1990 — ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH irresponsible, absent-minded → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1523 — DUMP absence of mind; a fit of abstraction or musing; a reverie; a dazed or puzzled state
1608 — WOOL-GATHERING absent-mindedness, daydreaming
1790 — ABSENTNESS absent-mindedness; distractedness
1957 — DWAAL an absent-minded, dreamy, or dazed state → S. Afr.
NOUNS, PERSON
1627 — MOONCALF an absent-minded, distracted person, or one given to sentimentality
1932 — HEAD-IN-AIR an absent-minded or unworldly person; a dreamer
1932 — MAGOO an absent-minded or inattentive person → Amer. sl.
1963 — DIZ — DIZZ an absent-minded or inattentive person → US sl.
1964 — DIRK an absent-minded or inattentive person → US sl.
1966 — MENTAL MIDGET an absent-minded or inattentive person → US sl.
1996 — NUTTER BUTTER an eccentric or absent-minded person → US students’ sl.
2006 — DITZ — DITZO a giddy, absent-minded person → US sl. (Bk.)
PHRASES
1915 — NOBODY HOME applied to any person thought to be absent-minded, stupid, feeble-minded, inattentive, etc. → Amer. sl.
1951 — NOBODY HOME UPSTAIRS applied to any person thought to be absent-minded, stupid, feeble-minded, inattentive, etc. → Amer. dial.
1979 — YOU’D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN’T JAMMED ON addressed to an absent-minded person → UK sl.
1979 — YOU’D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN’T SCREWED ON addressed to an absent-minded person → UK sl.
1979 — YOU’D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN’T STUCK ON addressed to an absent-minded person → UK sl.
1979 — YOU’D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN’T TIED ON addressed to an absent-minded person → UK sl.
VERBS
1877 — MEASE to be absent-minded, to muse → Eng. dial.
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