abstracted

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əb.ˈstɹæk.tɪd/
• (America) IPA: /əb.ˈstɹæk.tɪd/, /æb.ˈstɹæk.tɪd/

Adjective

abstracted

1. Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]
2. (now, rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]
3. (now, rare) Abstract; abstruse; difficult. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]
4. Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 57:

     I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?

   ...an abstracted scholar...

Translations

• Portuguese: abstraído

Translations

• Portuguese: abstraído, absorto, distraído

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of abstract

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