lost in thought in English

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          "ref": "1797, John Hoole, Jerusalem delivered: an heroic poem, Volume 2, page 67",
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  "word": "lost in thought"
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    {
      "form": "more lost in thought",
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    },
    {
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"lost in thought" meaning in English

Adjective