Brown study
Glossary term
/ˌbraʊn ˈstʌd.i/
State of gloomy abstraction. The mental bath into which the Luncheon household periodically lowers itself.
Appears in
- Helix Folt, the Conservative chapters:
From the books (1 passage)
…his wife with vey little dilution of her characteristic punctiliousness, “fiddlesticks and poopoo. We are wallowing in a brown study because we choose to wallow in a brown study. Thet is the fect of the metter. If we do not wish to avail ourselves of the menifest benefits of a bracing perambulation in the fresh air, if we must insist on dedicating ourselves to wallowing in brown studies, then there…