brown study

Examples of brown study in a sentence

• 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.1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Cardboard Box:
• After that he kept such a silence, falling as it seemed to me into a brown study, that he went away without so much as bidding me farewell, or being conscious, as far as I could tell, of my presence.1893, Stanley J. Weyman, “Chapter II. The King of Navarre”, in A Gentleman of France:
• Once or twice she spoke harshly to Louis; she fell at other times into a brown study; and when she thought that I was not watching her, her face wore a look of deep anxiety.1894, Stanley J. Weyman, “Chapter IV”, in Under the Red Robe:
• Major Valentine came in—to find me in a brown study.1918, Joseph Smith Fletcher, “Chapter III: The Covent Garden Fruit Shop”, in Paul Campenhaye, Specialist in Criminology:

Forms of brown study

Origin of brown study

From obsolete brown (“gloomy”) and study.

Questions about brown study

What does brown study mean?

Brown study means a melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; a moody daydream.

How do you use brown study in a sentence?

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.

What part of speech is brown study?

Brown study is a noun.

What is the plural of brown study?

The plural of brown study is brown studies.