detachedadj.
/dɪˈtatʃt/ a. Disconnected, disengaged, separated; separate, unattached, standing apart, isolated.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > [adjective]
abjunct1610
detached1706
free1720
loosea1728
disengaged1794
floating1806
unattacheda1821
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [adjective] > house of specific shape or style
back-to-back1626
detached1706
self-contained1767
ground-floored1824
semi-detached1859
bungaloid1927
bi-level1929
one-up, one-down1933
blind back1937
terraced1958
tri-level1960
split entry1967
two-up two-down1973
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Bastion detached or cut off, that which is separated from the Body of the Works.
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 29 The House stands detached.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In Painting, the Figures are said to be well detach'd, or loosen'd, when they stand free, and disengag'd from each other.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson I. Advt. p. ix Innumerable detached particulars.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 77 Ore found in large detached masses.
1801 C. Smith Lett. Solitary Wanderer II. 38 I took a small, but elegant, detached house.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. vii. 47 In the centre..stands a detached column of granite.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. ix. 409 A few detached events must be mentioned.
a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 149 Attached and detached shafts may be used alternately.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 27/2 The villa stands alone, or as it is termed ‘detached’.
b. Of persons, their conduct, etc.: characterized by detachment (see detachment n. 4b).
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > emotionally detached
queamishc1430
squeamish1561
dry1637
unconcerned1660
inconcerned1688
aloof1872
stocky1876
detached1913
clinical1928
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective] > detached or non-participating
partlessa1400
sullen1629
aloof1639
remote1775
unparticipate1824
unparticipant1829
non-participating1876
detached1913
1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers xii. 322 He was pale and detached-looking.
1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl ii. xi. 188 She might be detached, and even callous; but she was not brazen.
1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl iv. i. 311 Someone quite, quite detached and devoted must fall in love with her.
1948 D. Cecil Two Quiet Lives ii. ii. 127 Gray's maturity appears in the detached clear-sightedness with which he could observe his own character.
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detached bastion n. Fortification a bastion constructed apart from the fortification, also called a lunette n.
Draft additions 1993
detached retina n. Pathology a retina which has become detached from the underlying layer of epithelium; also, = retinal detachment n. at retinal adj. Compounds.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > disorders of retina
retinitis1821
retinitis pigmentosa1859
retinal detachment1860
detached retina1863
choroido-retinitis1869
neuroretinitis1878
chorioretinitis1880
pseudoglioma1884
macular degeneration1918
retinoblastoma1924
pseudofovea1925
retinopathy1930
RP1975
Rb1976
1863 W. Bowman in Rep. Royal Ophthalm. Hospital 4 134 When I first operated in cases of detached retina, I only entertained faint hopes of arresting the spread of the disorganisation.
1966 Brit. Jrnl. Ophthalm. 50 268 Between November, 1961 and October, 1964, 182 cases of detached retina came to surgery.
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