abstracted

English

Etymology

abstract +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əb.ˈstɹæk.tɪd/
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(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Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.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 16^th century.][1]
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
  the evil abstracted stood
  From his own evil, […]
(now rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. [First attested in the early 17^th century.][1]
- 1796–1797, Edmund Burke, “Letters on a Regicide Peace, Continued from Vol. VIII. Letter IV. To the Earl Fitzwilliam.”, in [Walker King], editor, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, volume IX, new edition, London: […] [R. Gilbert] for C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], published 1826, OCLC 1096392342, page 1:
  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.
(now rare) Abstract; abstruse; difficult. [First attested in the early 17^th century.][1]
- 1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section IX. A Digression Concerning the Original, the Use and Improvement of Madness in a Commonwealth.”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], OCLC 752990886, pages 169–170:
  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. [First attested in the early 17^th century.][1]
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, OCLC 59891543, page 57:
  I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?
...an abstracted scholar...

Derived terms

Translations

separated or disconnected

Dutch: absent (nl), afwezig (nl), in gedachten verdiept
Portuguese: abstraído (pt)

inattentive to surrounding objects

Dutch: verstrooid (nl)
Irish: aislingeach, brionglóideach, neamhairdiúil, seachránach
Portuguese: abstraído (pt), absorto (pt), distraído (pt)

Verb

abstracted

simple past tense and past participle of abstract

References

Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstracted”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

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[SOED-1] Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstracted”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.