incogitancy

Roget category 452

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.1. Operations of intellect in general
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#452. [Absence or want of thought.] Incogitancy

noun

incogitancy^†, vacancy, inunderstanding^† — fatuity etc. 499 — thoughtlessness etc. (inattention) 458 — vacuity.
couch potato, vegetable.

verb

not think etc. 451 — not think of — dismiss from the mind, dismiss from the thoughts etc. 451.
indulge in reverie etc. (be inattentive) 458.
put away thought — unbend the mind, relax the mind, divert the mind, veg out.

adjective

vacant, unintellectual, unideal^†, unoccupied, unthinking, inconsiderate, thoughtless, mindless, no-brain, vacuous — absent etc. (inattentive) 458 — diverted — irrational etc. 499 — narrow-minded etc. 481.
unthought of, undreamt 'of, unconsidered — off one's mind — incogitable^†, not to be thought of.

phrase

absence d'esprit — pabulum pictura pascit inani [Lat.].

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