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Definition of Pensive

1. 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"

2. Adjective. Showing pensive sadness. "The sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"

Definition of Pensive

1. a. Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing.

Definition of Pensive

1. engaged in deep thought [adj]

Medical Definition of Pensive

1. 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. Origin: F. Pensif, fr. Penser to think, fr. L. Pensare to weigh, ponder, consider, v. Intens. Fr. Pendere to weigh. See Pension, Poise. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pensive

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penstemons Penstemon barbatus Penstemon centranthifolius Penstemon cyananthus Penstemon davidsonii Penstemon deustus Penstemon dolius Penstemon fruticosus Penstemon linarioides Penstemon newberryi

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