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brown study
noun
- deep, serious absorption in thought:
Lost in a brown study, she was oblivious to the noise.
brown study
noun
- a mood of deep absorption or thoughtfulness; reverie
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brown study1
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Example Sentences
"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.
Dale made his deductions, after which he stood in a brown study beside his horse, waiting for John.
Then with a glance of inquiry at his Captain, who had fallen into a brown study, "Rear rank, take open order!"
"I've never heard him spoken of in that way before," said Eleanor, speaking as if she were in a brown study.
Jim did not pursue the conversation further, but went down very deep into a brown study.
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