abstracted en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /əbˈstɹæk.tɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /əbˈstɹæk.tɪd/ (US)
- /æbˈstɹæk.tɪd/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahō Latin abstrahō Latin abstractusbor. Middle English abstract English abstract English -ed English abstracted From abstract + -ed.
Meanings
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Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
the evil abstracted stood From his own evil,[…]
1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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(archaic) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete.
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.
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, new edition, volume IX, London: […] [R. Gilbert] for C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], published 1826, →OCLC, page 1:
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(archaic) Abstract; abstruse; difficult.
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.
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, pages 169–170:
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Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative.
an abstracted scholar
I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?
1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 40:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most abstracted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more abstracted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unabstracted · abstractedness · abstractedly · nonabstracted
Translations (21)
sv avskärmad (separated or disconnected) · ga brionglóideach (inattentive to surrounding objects) · fr distrait (inattentive to surrounding objects) · nl verstrooid (inattentive to surrounding objects) · nl in gedachten verdiept (separated or disconnected) · pt abstraído (inattentive to surrounding objects) · sv tankfull (separated or disconnected) · sv disträ (separated or disconnected) · ga seachránach (inattentive to surrounding objects) · ga aislingeach (inattentive to surrounding objects) · es abstraído (inattentive to surrounding objects) · sv tillbakadragen (separated or disconnected) · ga neamhairdiúil (inattentive to surrounding objects) · es abstraído (separated or disconnected) · sv frånvarande (separated or disconnected) · nl absent (separated or disconnected) · pt distraído (inattentive to surrounding objects) · pt absorto (inattentive to surrounding objects) · nl afwezig (separated or disconnected) · ota طالغین (inattentive to surrounding objects) · pt abstraído (separated or disconnected)