Pensive

Tuesday 6^th September 2016

Pensive /ˈpɛnsɪv/

Adjective

1. deeply or seriously thoughtful, often with a tinge of sadness

2. expressing or suggesting pensiveness

Derived Forms

pensively, Adverb 
pensiveness, Noun

Quote

Meehan is pensive and troubled, his marriage and career in crisis.

Reading the Detective David Goodwillie - 8 June 2011

Word Origin and History

adj.

Late 14c., from Old French pensif "thoughtful, distracted, musing" (11c.),

from penser "to think," from Latin pensare "weigh, consider," frequentative

of pendere "weigh". Related: Pensively ; pensiveness.

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