Woolgatherer (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- She sat in class, staring out the window, a woolgatherer lost in her own thoughts and oblivious to the lesson.
- His coworkers often found him to be a woolgatherer, prone to gazing off into space and neglecting his tasks.
- The student's wandering mind made him a notorious woolgatherer, and he frequently missed important details in lectures.
- Her eyes would glaze over, and she'd become a woolgatherer, drifting off into a world of her own imagination.
- The office daydreamer was a woolgatherer, often getting lost in his own thoughts and requiring multiple reminders to focus on his work.