absent-minded

See also: absentminded

English

Alternative forms

absentminded

Etymology

absent +‎ minded

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/

Adjective

absent-minded (comparative more absent-minded, superlative most absent-minded)

Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]^[1]
It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.

Derived terms

Translations

absent in mind

Belarusian: рассе́яны m (rassjéjany)
Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} разсеян (bg) (razsejan), ^{(please verify)} потънал в мисли (potǎnal v misli)
Catalan: distret
Chinese:
Mandarin: 心不在焉 (zh) (xīnbùzàiyān)
Danish: åndsfraværende, distræt
Dutch: verstrooid (nl), afwezig (nl), elders met zijn gedachten, er niet bij
Finnish: hajamielinen (forgetful), poissaoleva (fi) (absent in mind)
French: distrait (fr)
German: zerstreut (de)
Hebrew: מפוזר‎‎ m (mefuzár)

Hungarian: szórakozott (hu)
Italian: svanito (it)
Japanese: ぼんやり (ja) (bon'yari), 上の空の (うわのそらの, uwa-no sora-no)
Maori: hinengaro makere, wareware, pakihaha
Norwegian: distré (no)
Portuguese: distraído (pt)
Russian: рассе́янный (ru) (rasséjannyj)
Serbo-Croatian: rasejan
Spanish: distraído (es)
Swedish: tankspridd (sv)
Tagalog: tagulimot

References

↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 9

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