ABSENT-MINDED

Definition: ABSENT-MINDED

ABSENT-MINDED

Adjective

1. Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "ABSENT-MINDED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)

Crosswords: ABSENT-MINDED

Old folks say, "Funny, I don't remember being absent-minded. (references; author: unknown)

An Absent-Minded Mother (1914)

Absent-Minded Mr. Boob (1913)

The Absent-Minded Valet (1912)

An Absent-Minded Burglar (1912)

Absent-Minded Arthur (1910)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Absent-Minded Beggars: Volunteers in the Boer War (reference)

• Absent-Minded Imperialism: Britain and the Expansion of Empire in Nineteenth-Century Brazil (reference)

• Attention, Action, Absent-Minded Aberrations: A Behaviour-Economic Approach (European University Studies. Series Vi, Psychology, Vol 527) (reference)

• Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Absent-Minded Magician (reference)

• The Absent-Minded Professor's Memory Book (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Absent-Minded Professor (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Chinese 

心不在焉. (various references)

Dutch

verstrooid (absent, abstracted, distracted), afgetrokken (abstract, abstracted, distracted). (various references)

Esperanto

spiritforesta, distrita (abstracted, distracted), distriĝema (absent, abstracted). (various references)

Faeroese

burtur í øðrun heimi (abstracted, distracted). (various references)

Finnish

hajamielinen (preoccupied), hajalle (preoccupied), hajalla (preoccupied). (various references)

German

geistesabwesend (absent, absent minded, absently, absentminded, absentmindedly, absent-mindedly, vague). (various references)

Indonesian

pelupa (oblivious), linglung, lalai (careless, dilatory, indifferent, neglectful, remiss, untidy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ぼろ布 (absentmindedly, block-head, dim, dripping water, faint, flabbergasted, gaping, old rag, penis, slowly and lazily, the sound of beating someone, vague, warmth throughout your body, with a whack). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぼ�"やり (block-head, dim, faint, vague). (various references)

Manx

shagh-smooinaghtagh (absent-minded person), meehastagh (absent, absent of landlord, absent-minded person, heedless, inattentive). (various references)

Pig Latin

absent-mindeday.(various references)

Portuguese

distraído (abstracted, careless, distracted, distrait, distraught, inobservant, light-headed, negligent, unheeding, unthinking, wandering). (various references)

Romanian

distrat (absent, absent minded, absent-mindedly, abstracted, abstractedly, distracted, forgetful, inattentive, inattentively, moon-struck, moony, mused, vacant, witless, wool gathering). (various references)

Russian 

рассеянный (absent, absentminded, diffuse, disseminated, dissipated, distracted, distrait, moony, vague, wool gathering). (various references)

Spanish

distraído (absent, absentminded, abstracted, amusing, casual, distracted, distrait, dreamy, entertaining, faraway, heedless, inattentive, lackadaisical, moony, unobservant, untidy, vacant, vague, wandering). (various references)

Swedish

tankspridd (absent minded, abstracted), disträ (absent minded). (various references)

Turkmen 

sцlpi (sloppy). (various references)

Vietnamese 

lơ đãng (absently, abstracted, listless). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: absentminded.

-1 letter: disbandment.

-3 letters: amnestied, bemaddens, damnedest, dementias, destained, intendeds, mistended.

-4 letters: absented, adenines, ambients, andesite, bandsmen, basement, beadiest, beadsmen, beamiest, bedamned, bedesman, bedmates, bedstand, bedstead, bedtimes, bemadden, bemisted, betaines, damndest, dandiest, demasted, dementia, dentines, desinent, destined, detained, diabetes, enamines, etamines, indebted, indented, intended, mannites, matinees, mediants, mediated, mediates, misdated, miseaten, sediment, sideband, steadied.

-5 letters: adenine.

+2 letters: absentmindedly.

+4 letters: absentmindedness.