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-AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (I) Formation of Ideas
Section I. Operations of Intellect in General
452. [Absence or Want of Thought] Incogitance.
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NOUN: | INCOGITANCE or incogitancy, vacancy, inunderstanding, vacancy of mind, poverty of intellect [See Imbecility. Folly]; thoughtlessness (inattention) [See Inattention]; inanity, fatuity, vacuity.
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VERB: | NOT THINK [See Thought]; not think of; dismiss from the -mind, – thoughts [See Thought]. indulge in reverie (be inattentive) [See Inattention]. put away thought; unbend -, relax -, divert- the mind; make the mind a blank, let the mind lie fallow.
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ADJECTIVE: | VACANT, inane, unintellectual, nonunderstanding, unideal, unoccupied, unthinking, incogitant, incogitative, unreasoning, inconsiderate, thoughtless; absent (inattentive) [See Inattention]; diverted; irrational [See Imbecility. Folly]; narrow-minded [See Misjudgment]. UNTHOUGHT OF, undreamt of, unconsidered; off one’s mind; incogitable, inconceivable, not to be thought of.
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QUOTATIONS: | - Absence d’esprit.
- Pabulum pictura pascit inani.
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