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PENSIVE
pensive, wistful
(adjective) showing pensive sadness; “the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty”
brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
(adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful; “Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the ‘Byronic hero’ - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pensive (comparative more pensive, superlative most pensive)
Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
Anagrams
• vespine
Source: Wiktionary
Pen"sive, a. Etym: [F. pensif, fr. penser to think, fr. L. pensare to weigh, ponder, consider, v. intens. fr. pendere to weigh. See Pension, Poise.]
1. Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing. The pensive secrecy of desert cell. Milton. Anxious cares the pensive nymph oppressed. Pope.
2. Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness; as, pensive numbers. Prior.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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