(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Muse.

Walter Mitty absence of mind absent absentminded absentmindedness absorbed absorption abstracted abstractedness abstraction advisement bemused bemusement brooding brown study castle-building close study cogitative cognitive concentrating concentration concentrative conceptive conceptual conceptualized consideration contemplating contemplation contemplative contemplativeness counsel daydream daydreamer daydreaming daydreamy deep thought deliberating deliberation deliberative depth of thought dream dreamery dreamfulness dreaminess dreaming dreamlikeness dreamy drowsing ecstatic elsewhere engrossed engrossment excogitating fantasy fantasying faraway fit of abstraction half-awake ideative in a reverie in the clouds introspective lost lost in thought lucubration meditating meditation meditative melancholy mental mooning moonraking muse museful musefulness muted ecstasy napping nodding noetic oblivious pensive pensiveness pipe dream pipe-dreaming pondering prehensive preoccupation preoccupied profound thought rapt reflecting reflection reflective reflectiveness reverie revolving ruminant ruminating rumination ruminative serious sober somewhere else speculation speculative speculativeness stargazing study taken up thinking thought thoughtful thoughtfulness trance transported unconscious weighing wistful wistfulness woolgathering wrapped in thought