abstracted
adjective
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Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹæk.tɪd/ / /æbˈstɹæk.tɪd/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahō Latin abstrahō Latin abstractusbor. Middle English abstract English abstract English -ed English abstracted From abstract + -ed.
- Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
“the evil abstracted stood From his own evil,[…]”
- Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete.
“I am not sure, that the best way of discussing any subject, except those, that concern the abstracted sciences, is not somewhat in the way of dialogue.”
- Abstract; abstruse; difficult.
“The preſent Argument is the moſt abſtracted that ever I engaged in, it ſtrains my Faculties to their higheſt Stretch; and I deſire the Reader to attend with utmoſt perpenſity; For, I now proceed to unravel this knotty Point.”
- Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative.
“an abstracted scholar”
“I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahō Latin abstrahō Latin abstractusbor. Middle English abstract English abstract English -ed English abstracted From abstract + -ed.
- simple past and past participle of abstract