Complete Definition of "brown study"

English
Noun
en-noun|sgbrown study|plbrown studies

#dated melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; daydream.
#: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. � :w:Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Resident Patient", 1893

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