be+in+a+brown+study
11brown study — /braʊn ˈstʌdi/ (say brown studee) noun deep, serious absorption in thought …
12in a brown study — LOST IN THOUGHT, in a reverie, musing, ruminating, cogitating, dreaming, daydreaming; informal miles away. → study * * * I see study II absorbed in one s thoughts Origin: apparently originally from brown in the sense ‘gloomy’ …
13in a brown study — ► in a brown study absorbed in one s thoughts. [ORIGIN: apparently originally from brown in the sense «gloomy».] Main Entry: ↑study …
14in a brown study — you ll often catch a student in a brown study on a warm spring day like today Syn: lost in thought, in a reverie, musing, ruminating, cogitating, dreaming, daydreaming; informal miles away …
15brown study — noun Date: 1532 a state of serious absorption or abstraction …
16brown study — condition of being deeply stuck in one s own thoughts, immersion in thought …
17brown study — Reverie, musing, abstraction, pre occupation, absence, absence of mind …
18brown study — noun a state of deep absorption or thoughtfulness • Hypernyms: ↑reverie, ↑revery …
19study — ► NOUN (pl. studies) 1) the devotion of time and attention to acquiring knowledge. 2) a detailed investigation and analysis of a subject or situation. 3) a room for reading, writing, or academic work. 4) a piece of work done for practice or as an …
20Brown — (broun), a. [Compar. {Browner}; superl. {Brownest}.] [OE. brun, broun, AS. br?n; akin to D. bruin, OHG. br?n, Icel. br?nn, Sw. brun, Dan. bruun, G. braun, Lith. brunas, Skr. babhru. [root]93, 253. Cf. {Bruin}, {Beaver}, {Burnish}, {Brunette}.] Of …
