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Woolgathering

noun

An idle indulgence in fantasy.

adjective

Dreamy in mood or nature. Synonyms: dreamy, moony.

Woolgather

verb

Have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy. Synonyms: daydream, dream, stargaze.

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... again exactly what to expect; to tell the truth, I didn't half hear about it the other day; I was woolgathering. It was something queer that happened when you were ...

— Shapes that Haunt the Dusk • Various

... exactly what to expect; to tell the truth, I didn't half hear about it the other day; I was woolgathering. It was something queer that happened when you were a ...

— Shapes that Haunt the Dusk • Various

... caught napping. disconcerted, distracted, put out &c. v. Adv. inattentively, inadvertently, absent-mindedly &c. adj[obs3].; per incuriam[Lat], sub silentio[Lat]. Int. stand at ease, stand easy! Phr. the attention wanders; one's wits gone a woolgathering, one's wits gone a bird's nesting; it never entered into one's head; the mind running on other things; one's thoughts being elsewhere; had it been a bear it ...

— Roget's Thesaurus

... Your wits are gone a woolgathering; saying to an absent man, one in a reverie, or ...

— 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue • Captain Grose et al.

... wounded faith and anger. Clarissa was superb and scornful. She ordered a full-length portrait, and fixed the hour for the sitting within the week. Dulcie set off alone with Master Will Locke—Dulcie, who knew no more of Redwater than he should have done, if his wits had not been woolgathering—to find the meadow which was beginning to purple over with ...

— Girlhood and Womanhood - The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes • Sarah Tytler