Hypertext Webster Gateway: "absentminded"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Absent-minded \Ab`sent-mind"ed\, a.
Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. --
{Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness}, n. -- {Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
absentminded
adj : lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare";
"an absentminded professer"; "the scatty glancing
quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"
[syn: {absent}, {abstracted}, {scatty}]
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