abstracted

English

Etymology

abstract +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

Adjective

abstracted (comparative more abstracted, superlative most abstracted)

  1. Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]
    • (Can we date this quote?), Milton, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      The evil abstracted stood from his own evil.
  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]
    • (Can we date this quote?), Johnson, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      An abstracted scholar.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

abstracted

  1. simple past tense and past participle of abstract

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 10
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