Definitions
showing pensive sadness
Word origin
From Middle English pensif, pensyfe, pencyve, from Old French pensif (“thoughtful”), from penser (“to think”) (from Latin pēnsō) + -if (English -ive).
Used in a sentence
“He sat in pensive silence, weighing his options carefully.”
“The author’s tone grows pensive in the final chapters.”
“Abstruse thought and profound researches I prohibit, and will severely punish, by the pensive melancholy which they introduce”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Brooding quietly”7 letters
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