English

Adjective

abstracted ‎(comparative more abstracted, superlative most abstracted)

1. Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]^[1]
   • (Can we date this quote?), Milton, (Please provide the title of the work):

     The evil abstracted stood from his own evil.

2. (now rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]^[1]
3. (now rare) Abstract; abstruse; difficult. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]^[1]
4. Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]^[1]
   • (Can we date this quote?), Johnson, (Please provide the title of the work):

     An abstracted scholar.

Derived terms

• abstractedly
• abstractedness

Translations

Verb

abstracted

1. simple past tense and past participle of abstract

References

1. 1 2 3 4 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 10