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brown studies

brown studies is the plural of brown study.

Meaning of brown study

Noun

brown study (plural 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!1690, [John] Dryden, Amphitryon; or, The Two Sosia’s. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […]; and M. Tonson […], published 1691, →OCLC, Act III, pages 29–30

Questions about brown studies

What is brown studies the plural of?
Brown studies is the plural of brown study.

Words near brown studies in the dictionary

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  4. brown stews
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  8. brown sugar
  9. brown sugars
  10. brown sugary
  11. Brown Swiss

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