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chained_bear commented on the word in a brown study
I never heard this one before. Can you give a usage example?
October 18, 2007
reesetee commented on the word in a brown study
Deep in thought (usually depressing thought), no? That's how I've heard it used.
October 18, 2007
sionnach commented on the word in a brown study
From Wiktionary:
definition: melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; daydream.
usage example:
Finding that Holmes was too absorbed for conversation, I had tossed aside the barren paper, and leaning back in my chair, I fell into a brown study. Suddenly my companion's voice broke in upon my thoughts. — Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Resident Patient", 1893
October 18, 2007
reesetee commented on the word in a brown study
You know, if you read this the wrong way, it sounds like he leaned so far back that his chair fell into the next room--which was, of course, painted brown. ;-)
October 18, 2007
uselessness commented on the word in a brown study
*tries to come up with a good pun about the study being elementary*
*fails*
October 18, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word in a brown study
Is it weird that, when reading the passage, I had exactly the same thought as reesetee?
October 18, 2007
reesetee commented on the word in a brown study
No. And the fact that it's not weird is...well, it's weird.
October 18, 2007
misterpolly commented on the word in a brown study
Holmes first appeared in A Study in Scarlet - he and his sidekick must have faded by 1893.
December 28, 2007