abstracted
/əbˈstɹæk.tɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.84 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
adj
Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative.
verb
simple past and past participle of abstract
Example Sentences
- "the evil abstracted stood From his own evil,[…]"
- "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."
- "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."
- "an abstracted scholar"
- "I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?"
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əbˈstɹæk.tɪd/
- British English: /əbˈstɹæk.tɪd/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more abstracted (comparative)
most abstracted (superlative)