brown studyn.

Etymology: apparently originally < brown n. in sense of ‘gloomy’; but this sense has been to a great extent forgotten. (The conjecture that brown ‘might be’ the German braune ‘brow’ does not require serious notice.)

A state of mental abstraction or musing: ‘gloomy meditations’ (Johnson); ‘serious reverie, thoughtful absent-mindedness’ (Webster); now esp. an idle or purposeless reverie.

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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun]

castle in Spainc1400

reverie1477

brown studyc1555

castle in the skies1576

castle in the air1579

comedown1583

memento1587

towers in the air1599

daydream1651

dream1732

air castle1786

châteaux in air1793

chateau(x) en Espagne1834

cloud-castle1887

pipe dream1890

fantasy1926

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

studyc1300

dump1523

brown studyc1555

c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Aiii Lacke of company wyll son lead a man into a brown studdy.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 24 You are in some browne study, what coulours you mighte best weare.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 251 Nothing but sadnesse, and heauinesse of mind, browne-studies.

1693 Oxford-act 2 Oft wou'd the new created Sophister Where Boy cry'd, want ye any Coffee, Sir? Start from brown-study.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 286. ⁋3 He often puts me into a brown Study how to answer him.

1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 13 He had been standing there in a brown study.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	brown study
释义	brown studyn. Etymology: apparently originally < brown n. in sense of ‘gloomy’; but this sense has been to a great extent forgotten. (The conjecture that brown ‘might be’ the German braune ‘brow’ does not require serious notice.) A state of mental abstraction or musing: ‘gloomy meditations’ (Johnson); ‘serious reverie, thoughtful absent-mindedness’ (Webster); now esp. an idle or purposeless reverie. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] castle in Spainc1400 reverie1477 brown studyc1555 castle in the skies1576 castle in the air1579 comedown1583 memento1587 towers in the air1599 daydream1651 dream1732 air castle1786 châteaux in air1793 chateau(x) en Espagne1834 cloud-castle1887 pipe dream1890 fantasy1926 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [noun] > instance of studyc1300 dump1523 brown studyc1555 c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Aiii Lacke of company wyll son lead a man into a brown studdy. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 24 You are in some browne study, what coulours you mighte best weare. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 251 Nothing but sadnesse, and heauinesse of mind, browne-studies. 1693 Oxford-act 2 Oft wou'd the new created Sophister Where Boy cry'd, want ye any Coffee, Sir? Start from brown-study. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 286. ⁋3 He often puts me into a brown Study how to answer him. 1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 13 He had been standing there in a brown study. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.c1555
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