woolgathering

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woolgathering
\wool"gath`er*ing\ (?), a. indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.
woolgathering
\wool"gath`er*ing\, n. indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design. his wits were a woolgathering, as they say.
woolgathering
adj : dreamy in mood or nature; "a woolgathering moment" [syn: dreamy, moony]
n : an idle indulgence in fantasy

(n.)
Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.
  

(a.)
Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.
  

adj. absent-minded, daydreaming; scatter-brained

n. daydreaming; wool collecting

v. daydream, fantasize; collect bits of wool that have been shed by sheep

(形) 夢想して; 放心して

(名) 夢想, 空想, 放心; 毛糸を集めること