brown study

brown study
Synonyms and related words:
Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absentmindedness, absorption, abstractedness, abstraction, bad dream, bemusement, castle-building, close study, concentration, contemplativeness, daydream, daydreamer, daydreaming, deep thought, depth of thought, dream, dreaming, engrossment, fantasy, fantasying, fit of abstraction, incubus, melancholy, mooning, moonraking, muse, musefulness, musing, muted ecstasy, nightmare, pensiveness, pipe dream, pipe-dreaming, preoccupation, profound thought, reflectiveness, reverie, speculativeness, stargazing, study, thoughtfulness, trance, vision, wistfulness, woolgathering

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  • Brown study — Brown Brown (broun), a. [Compar. {Browner}; superl. {Brownest}.] [OE. brun, broun, AS. br?n; akin to D. bruin, OHG. br?n, Icel. br?nn, Sw. brun, Dan. bruun, G. braun, Lith. brunas, Skr. babhru. [root]93, 253. Cf. {Bruin}, {Beaver}, {Burnish},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • brown study — n. [orig., somber thought < early sense of BROWN, somber, gloomy] a condition of being deep in thought; reverie …   English World dictionary

  • brown study — {n. phr.} A time of deep thought about something; a deep thoughtful mood. * /When his wife found him, he had pushed away his books and was in a brown study./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • brown study — {n. phr.} A time of deep thought about something; a deep thoughtful mood. * /When his wife found him, he had pushed away his books and was in a brown study./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • brown study — deep, serious absorption in thought: Lost in a brown study, she was oblivious to the noise. [1525 35] * * * …   Universalium

  • brown study — noun Melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; daydream. So gathering up the shavings with another grin, and throwing them into the great stove in the middle of the room, he went about his business, and left me in a brown study …   Wiktionary

  • brown\ study — n. phr. A time of deep thought about something; a deep thoughtful mood. When his wife found him, he had pushed away his books and was in a brown study …   Словарь американских идиом

  • brown study — brown′ stud′y n. deep, serious absorption in thought • Etymology: 1525–35 …   From formal English to slang

  • brown study — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being so lost in solitary thought as to be unaware of one s surroundings: absent mindedness, abstraction, bemusement, daydreaming, muse2, reverie, study, trance. See AWARENESS …   English dictionary for students

  • brown study — /braʊn ˈstʌdi/ (say brown studee) noun deep, serious absorption in thought …  

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