brown study

• État de réflexion profonde, sérieuse et souvent mélancolique ou de rêverie, où une personne est absorbée par ses propres pensées et ne prête pas attention à son environnement.

A state of deep, serious, and often melancholy thought or daydreaming, where one is absorbed in their own reflections and not paying attention to their surroundings.

1. Deep in thoughtC1formalbritish

   A state of deep, serious, or melancholic thought; daydreaming or being absorbed in one's own thoughts.

   rêverie profonde

   • He sat in a brown study, staring out the window for hours.
   • She was in such a brown study that she didn't hear the doorbell.
   • The professor was lost in a brown study, pondering the philosophical question.