brown study

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brown study

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From obsolete brown (“gloomy”) and study.

noun brown studies

  1. dated, idiomatic A melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; a moody daydream. Phædra. [...] Why Soſia! What, in a brown Study? / Soſia. A little cogitabund, or ſo; concerning this diſmal Revolution in our Family!

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noun melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought

中文冥思出神 míngsīchūshén
Françaismélancolie, blues, bourdon
Русскийглубо́кое разду́мье glubókoje razdúmʹje

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@misc{brown_study_2026,
  title = {brown study},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brown%20study},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}