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absent-minded

adj
/ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/US

Etymology

From absent + minded.

  1. inherited from *méntis✻ — “thought”
  2. inherited from *mundiz✻
  3. inherited from *mundi✻
  4. inherited from mynd
  5. inherited from minde
  6. suffixed as minded — “mind + ed”
  7. compounded as absent-minded — “absent + minded”

Definitions

  1. Absent in mind

    Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted.

    • It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.
    • His figure was bent in apologetic protest. "I ask a thousand pardons, sir," he said; "I am really so very absent-minded."

The neighborhood

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