abstractedadj.

Brit.

/əbˈstraktᵻd/, U.S.

/əbˈstræktəd/,

/æbˈstræktəd/

Forms: see abstract v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abstract v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < abstract v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare earlier abstract adj.

a. Originally Scottish. That has been taken away or removed; spec. (esp. in early use) that has been removed unlawfully or dishonestly; stolen, purloined.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective] > removed or taken away

exemptc1374

adempt?a1475

abstracted1555

adempted1567

removed1616

sublate1694

withdrawn1849

ablated1961

1555 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 225 The samin haill abstrakit cornis being apprehendit..suld pertene to the saidis fermoraris.

1649 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 185 William Robertsone, litster,..summoned..for abstractit multers.

1751 Monthly Rev. 5 229 Treating of the abstracted water of this mineral spring, he says, it seem'd purely elemental, and void of all heterogeneity.

1834 Lancet 1 Feb. 748/1 The qualities of abstracted blood gave evidence of high inflammation.

1872 Rep. Comm. Alleged Frauds in N.Y. Custom-house I. p. xxix There is no evidence before the committee that any such abstracted goods are ever returned.

1903 Interstate Med. Jrnl. 10 321 Blood letting to the amount of one pint, the abstracted blood being replaced by an equal amount of salt solution.

1997 S. Merrett Introd. Econ. Water Resources ii. 10 On a global scale, the major users of abstracted water are agriculture, manufacturing industry, power generators, [etc.].

b. In predicative use with from (also †of). Separate, distinct, or apart from.

ΚΠ

1603 R. Broughton 1st Pt. Resol. of Relig. i. iv. 51 By how much they are more abstracted, and independing of the body.

1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated i. 3 The whole body of Geometry is of all Sciences most intelligible, and yet abstracted from all sensible matter.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 463 The Evil one abstracted stood From his own evil, and for the time remaind Stupidly good.

1798 European Mag. & London Rev. Oct. 249/2 His separate speculations on this tendency, abstracted from all personal domestic and local partialities.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 237 The Provençal love-poetry was as abstracted from all sensuality as that of Petrarca.

1959 C. P. Snow Two Cultures ii. 22 The traditional culture became more abstracted from it [sc. the revolution which was producing the wealth] as it became more wealthy.

2001 L. A. Breen Transgressing Bounds i. 55 Merchants and their families..lived economic lives that became increasingly abstracted from local communities.

2. Characterized by a lack of awareness of or concentration on what is happening around one; esp. distracted, preoccupied; inattentive, faraway.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [adjective]

in one's musesa1500

abstract1509

abstracteda1586

absent1631

thoughtful1656

vacant1680

lost in thought1681

withdrawn1713

dreamy1794

dun1797

preoccupied1801

absent-minded1824

pebble-beached1890

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 12 I oft in darke abstracted guise, Seeme most alone in greatest company, With dearth of words, and aunswers quite awry.

1613 J. Marston & W. Barksted Insatiate Countesse sig. B3^v And but these noble Marriages encite me, My much abstracted presence should haue shew'd it.

1643 Sir T. Browne Relig. Medici (1656) ii. §11 Our grosser memories have then [sc. in our dreams] so little hold of our abstracted understandings, that they forget the story.

1731 A. Hill Advice to Poets ix For a Great Poet is, naturally, an abstracted thinker.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. iv. 91 He walked on, sucking his segar, and apparently in as abstracted a mood as Mr Cargill himself.

1864 W. W. Skeat tr. J. L. Uhland Songs & Ballads 170 And therefore let yon maiden take my place, Who sits so silent and abstracted there.

1872 J. De mille Open Question v. 21/1 His eyes were fixed upon vacancy, with a far-off, abstracted look.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xvii. 66 He did his duty, but he did it with an abstracted mind.

1952 S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1957) xvi. 246 Percy turned to him..in that abstracted manner which indicates that the subject has to be recalled from a distance.

2004 Tin House 6 117 He was solicitous to Henry, but abstracted.

3. = abstract adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective]

higheOE

dighela1000

deepc1000

darkOE

starkOE

dusk?c1225

subtle1340

dimc1350

subtilea1393

covert1393

mystica1398

murka1400

cloudyc1400

hard?c1400

mistyc1400

unclearc1400

diffuse1430

abstractc1450

diffused?1456

exquisitec1460

obnubilous?a1475

obscure?a1475

covered1484

intricate?a1500

nice?a1500

perplexeda1500

difficilea1513

difficult1530

privy1532

smoky1533

secret1535

abstruse?1549

difficul1552

entangled1561

confounded1572

darksome1574

obnubilate1575

enigmatical1576

confuse1577

mysteriousa1586

Delphic1598

obfuscatea1600

enfumed1601

Delphicala1603

obstruse1604

abstracted1605

confused1611

questionable1611

inevident1614

recondite1619

cryptic1620

obfuscated1620

transcendent1624

Delphian1625

oraculous1625

enigmatic1628

recluse1629

abdite1635

undilucidated1635

clouded1641

benighted1647

oblite1650

researched1653

obnubilated1658

obscurative1664

tenebrose1677

hyperbyssal1691

condite1695

diffusive1709

profound1710

tenebricose1730

oracular1749

opaque1761

unenlightening1768

darkling1795

offuscating1798

unrecognizable1817

tough1820

abstrusive1848

obscurant1878

out-of-focus1891

unplumbable1895

inenubilable1903

non-transparent1939

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] > abstract or relating to abstraction

mathematical1547

abstract1557

abstracted1605

inconcretea1626

nonsensible1838

unembodied1841

abstractional1842

discrete1851

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Qq4 For there is a great difference in Deliuerie of the Mathematiques, which are the most abstracted of knowledges, and Policie, which is the most immersed.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 30 The Faculties..are but abstracted Notions.

1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. i. 4 The ancient Mathematicians did place all their learning in abstracted speculations.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 76. ⁋2 It is natural to mean well, when only abstracted ideas of virtue are proposed to the mind.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 111 The actual divisibility of matter, indeed, is a subject so very intricate and abstracted, that it can only be conjectured upon.

1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod Introd. §9. 11 The abstracted love of glory.

1896 L. T. Hobhouse Theory of Knowl. (ed. 2) vi. 258 These constructions are applied to elements..only resembling known instances in certain highly abstracted qualities.

1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty iv. 124 But these philosophers..used the abstracted terms whereby they had pre-defined distinctions.

1995 C. Calhoun Crit. Social Theory iii. 70 The classical theorists were developing theory which was independent of specific historical and cultural contexts, and which was about a similarly abstracted notion of social life.

†4. Of a quality: embodied or encapsulated in a single person or thing; epitomized. Cf. abstract n. 3. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1640 P. Massinger Guardian iii. vi. 33 in 3 New Playes (1655) The subtlety of all Wantons, though abstracted, Can shew no seeming colour of excuse To plead in my defence.

5. Of a text or document: presented in a written abstract; summarized, abridged.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [adjective]

epitomized1631

abstracted1808

summarized1862

summated1879

1808 Literary Panorama Apr. 164 Such is the abstracted report of Dr. Gall's first lecture, as it has reached us, from Paris.

1881 C. C. Harrison Story of Helen Troy v. 55 Upon casually questioning her father, she obtained from him an abstracted summary of the ‘facts in the case’.

1913 Texas State Jrnl. Med. 9 265/1 The usual footnotes refer the reader to the source of the abstracted articles.

1998 S. D. Carmack Geneal. Sourcebook (new ed.) vi. 101 Deeds and wills are the two most commonly abstracted documents.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abstracted
释义	abstractedadj. Brit. /əbˈstraktᵻd/, U.S. /əbˈstræktəd/, /æbˈstræktəd/ Forms: see abstract v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abstract v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < abstract v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare earlier abstract adj. 1. a. Originally Scottish. That has been taken away or removed; spec. (esp. in early use) that has been removed unlawfully or dishonestly; stolen, purloined. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective] > removed or taken away exemptc1374 adempt?a1475 abstracted1555 adempted1567 removed1616 sublate1694 withdrawn1849 ablated1961 1555 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 225 The samin haill abstrakit cornis being apprehendit..suld pertene to the saidis fermoraris. 1649 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 185 William Robertsone, litster,..summoned..for abstractit multers. 1751 Monthly Rev. 5 229 Treating of the abstracted water of this mineral spring, he says, it seem'd purely elemental, and void of all heterogeneity. 1834 Lancet 1 Feb. 748/1 The qualities of abstracted blood gave evidence of high inflammation. 1872 Rep. Comm. Alleged Frauds in N.Y. Custom-house I. p. xxix There is no evidence before the committee that any such abstracted goods are ever returned. 1903 Interstate Med. Jrnl. 10 321 Blood letting to the amount of one pint, the abstracted blood being replaced by an equal amount of salt solution. 1997 S. Merrett Introd. Econ. Water Resources ii. 10 On a global scale, the major users of abstracted water are agriculture, manufacturing industry, power generators, [etc.]. b. In predicative use with from (also †of). Separate, distinct, or apart from. ΚΠ 1603 R. Broughton 1st Pt. Resol. of Relig. i. iv. 51 By how much they are more abstracted, and independing of the body. 1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated i. 3 The whole body of Geometry is of all Sciences most intelligible, and yet abstracted from all sensible matter. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 463 The Evil one abstracted stood From his own evil, and for the time remaind Stupidly good. View more context for this quotation 1798 European Mag. & London Rev. Oct. 249/2 His separate speculations on this tendency, abstracted from all personal domestic and local partialities. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 237 The Provençal love-poetry was as abstracted from all sensuality as that of Petrarca. 1959 C. P. Snow Two Cultures ii. 22 The traditional culture became more abstracted from it [sc. the revolution which was producing the wealth] as it became more wealthy. 2001 L. A. Breen Transgressing Bounds i. 55 Merchants and their families..lived economic lives that became increasingly abstracted from local communities. 2. Characterized by a lack of awareness of or concentration on what is happening around one; esp. distracted, preoccupied; inattentive, faraway. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [adjective] in one's musesa1500 abstract1509 abstracteda1586 absent1631 thoughtful1656 vacant1680 lost in thought1681 withdrawn1713 dreamy1794 dun1797 preoccupied1801 absent-minded1824 pebble-beached1890 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 12 I oft in darke abstracted guise, Seeme most alone in greatest company, With dearth of words, and aunswers quite awry. 1613 J. Marston & W. Barksted Insatiate Countesse sig. B3^v And but these noble Marriages encite me, My much abstracted presence should haue shew'd it. 1643 Sir T. Browne Relig. Medici (1656) ii. §11 Our grosser memories have then [sc. in our dreams] so little hold of our abstracted understandings, that they forget the story. 1731 A. Hill Advice to Poets ix For a Great Poet is, naturally, an abstracted thinker. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. iv. 91 He walked on, sucking his segar, and apparently in as abstracted a mood as Mr Cargill himself. 1864 W. W. Skeat tr. J. L. Uhland Songs & Ballads 170 And therefore let yon maiden take my place, Who sits so silent and abstracted there. 1872 J. De mille Open Question v. 21/1 His eyes were fixed upon vacancy, with a far-off, abstracted look. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xvii. 66 He did his duty, but he did it with an abstracted mind. 1952 S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1957) xvi. 246 Percy turned to him..in that abstracted manner which indicates that the subject has to be recalled from a distance. 2004 Tin House 6 117 He was solicitous to Henry, but abstracted. 3. = abstract adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective] higheOE dighela1000 deepc1000 darkOE starkOE dusk?c1225 subtle1340 dimc1350 subtilea1393 covert1393 mystica1398 murka1400 cloudyc1400 hard?c1400 mistyc1400 unclearc1400 diffuse1430 abstractc1450 diffused?1456 exquisitec1460 obnubilous?a1475 obscure?a1475 covered1484 intricate?a1500 nice?a1500 perplexeda1500 difficilea1513 difficult1530 privy1532 smoky1533 secret1535 abstruse?1549 difficul1552 entangled1561 confounded1572 darksome1574 obnubilate1575 enigmatical1576 confuse1577 mysteriousa1586 Delphic1598 obfuscatea1600 enfumed1601 Delphicala1603 obstruse1604 abstracted1605 confused1611 questionable1611 inevident1614 recondite1619 cryptic1620 obfuscated1620 transcendent1624 Delphian1625 oraculous1625 enigmatic1628 recluse1629 abdite1635 undilucidated1635 clouded1641 benighted1647 oblite1650 researched1653 obnubilated1658 obscurative1664 tenebrose1677 hyperbyssal1691 condite1695 diffusive1709 profound1710 tenebricose1730 oracular1749 opaque1761 unenlightening1768 darkling1795 offuscating1798 unrecognizable1817 tough1820 abstrusive1848 obscurant1878 out-of-focus1891 unplumbable1895 inenubilable1903 non-transparent1939 the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] > abstract or relating to abstraction mathematical1547 abstract1557 abstracted1605 inconcretea1626 nonsensible1838 unembodied1841 abstractional1842 discrete1851 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Qq4 For there is a great difference in Deliuerie of the Mathematiques, which are the most abstracted of knowledges, and Policie, which is the most immersed. View more context for this quotation 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 30 The Faculties..are but abstracted Notions. 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. i. 4 The ancient Mathematicians did place all their learning in abstracted speculations. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 76. ⁋2 It is natural to mean well, when only abstracted ideas of virtue are proposed to the mind. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 111 The actual divisibility of matter, indeed, is a subject so very intricate and abstracted, that it can only be conjectured upon. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod Introd. §9. 11 The abstracted love of glory. 1896 L. T. Hobhouse Theory of Knowl. (ed. 2) vi. 258 These constructions are applied to elements..only resembling known instances in certain highly abstracted qualities. 1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty iv. 124 But these philosophers..used the abstracted terms whereby they had pre-defined distinctions. 1995 C. Calhoun Crit. Social Theory iii. 70 The classical theorists were developing theory which was independent of specific historical and cultural contexts, and which was about a similarly abstracted notion of social life. †4. Of a quality: embodied or encapsulated in a single person or thing; epitomized. Cf. abstract n. 3. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1640 P. Massinger Guardian iii. vi. 33 in 3 New Playes (1655) The subtlety of all Wantons, though abstracted, Can shew no seeming colour of excuse To plead in my defence. 5. Of a text or document: presented in a written abstract; summarized, abridged. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [adjective] epitomized1631 abstracted1808 summarized1862 summated1879 1808 Literary Panorama Apr. 164 Such is the abstracted report of Dr. Gall's first lecture, as it has reached us, from Paris. 1881 C. C. Harrison Story of Helen Troy v. 55 Upon casually questioning her father, she obtained from him an abstracted summary of the ‘facts in the case’. 1913 Texas State Jrnl. Med. 9 265/1 The usual footnotes refer the reader to the source of the abstracted articles. 1998 S. D. Carmack Geneal. Sourcebook (new ed.) vi. 101 Deeds and wills are the two most commonly abstracted documents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1555
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