The Only Use of
preoccupied
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
- He's fishing but Mademoiselle LeFarge can't see that he's interested in more than her preoccupation with the occult.†
Chpt 21
Definitions:
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(1)
(preoccupied) busy thinking about or doing something so that other things are not noticed or done
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, preoccupied can mean that someone has already inhabited or taken something.