ABSTRACTED
ADJECTIVES
► DUMPISH abstracted, insensible to outward things; dull, uninteresting → 1545 obs.
► DUN of a person’s thoughts: characterized by abstractedness or idle musing → 1797 obs.
► FAR BEN abstracted, distant; dreamy; said of the eyes, look → 1918 Sc.
► STANDING THERE LIKE A TIT IN A TRANCE abstracted, dreamy → 20C UK sl.
► STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A BLATHER O’ LARD abstracted, dreamy → 20C UK sl.
► STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A SIDE OF BEEF abstracted, dreamy → 20C UK sl.
VERBS
► DUMP to be in an abstracted or absent state of mind; to muse → 1530 obs.
► NAZZLE to be in a dreamy, stupid, abstracted state → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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