Phædra. [...] Why Soſia! What, in a brown Study? / Soſia. A little cogitabund, or ſo; concerning this diſmal Revolution in our Family!
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Brown study
Synonyms for "brown study" (49 found)
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Closest matches (10)
absence of mindabsentmindednessabsorptionabstractednessabstractionbad dreambemusementcastle buildingcastle-buildingclose study
Strong matches (15)
concentrationcontemplativenessdaydreamdaydreamerdaydreamingdeep thoughtdepth of thoughtdreamdreamingengrossmentfantasyfantasyingfit of abstractionincubusmelancholy
Related words (24)
mooningmoonrakingmusemusefulnessmusingmuted ecstasynightmarepensivenesspipe dreampipe-dreamingpreoccupationprofound thoughtreflectivenessreveriespeculativenessstargazingstudythoughtthoughtfulnesstrance
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Sample sentences
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So gathering up the shavings with another grin, and throwing them into the great stove in the middle of the room, he went about his business, and left me in a brown study.
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Finding that Holmes was too absorbed for conversation, I had tossed aside the barren paper, and leaning back in my chair, I fell into a brown study. Suddenly my companion's voice broke in upon my thoughts.
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After that he kept such a silence, falling as it seemed to me into a brown study, that he went away without so much as bidding me farewell, or being conscious, as far as I could tell, of my presence.
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