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pensive

pen·sive

UK/ˈpɛn(t).sɪv/ US/ˈpɛnsɪv/ uncommon

adjective

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showing pensive sadness

  • “the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty”
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Origin

From Middle English pensif, pensyfe, pencyve, from Old French pensif (“thoughtful”), from penser (“to think”) (from Latin pēnsō) + -if (English -ive).

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