Word of the Day

Monday, November 05, 2007

woolgathering

\WOOL-gath-(uh)-ring\ , noun;

Indulgence in idle daydreaming.

Quotes:

Similarly, in the meadow, if you laze too late into the fall, woolgathering, snow could fill your mouth.

-- Edward Hoagland, "Earth's eye", Sierra, May 1999

It would be easy to slip off into woolgathering and miss a deadline.

-- Jeraldine Saunders, Washington Post, March 4, 2004

Plagued by guilt, they took refuge in wine, women, and woolgathering.

-- Brennan Manning, Ruthless Trust

The soprano roused Fergus from his woolgathering.

-- Sandra Brown, Where There's Smoke

Origin:

Woolgathering derives from the literal sense, "gathering fragments of wool."