abstracted

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

abstract +‎ -ed

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (RP) IPA: /əb.ˈstræk.tɪd/
  • (US) IPA: /əb.ˈstræk.tɪd/, /æb.ˈstræk.tɪd/

Adjective [edit]

abstracted (comparative more abstracted, superlative most abstracted)

  1. Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]
    • The evil abstracted stood from his own evil. - Milton
  2. (now rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
  3. (now rare) Abstract; abstruse; difficult. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
  4. Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
    • An abstracted scholar. - Johnson

Derived terms [edit]

Verb [edit]

abstracted

  1. simple past tense and past participle of abstract

References [edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 10: