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adj
Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary
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Synonyms: cogitabundous, musing, pensive, attentive, calculant, cogitabund, contemplative, deliberative, intelligent, introspective, meditative, museful, reflective, speculative, studious, thinkful, thinking, thoughty, thoughtful, wistful
Antonyms: none provided
History
Learned borrowing from Latin cōgitābundus (“thinking, thoughtful”), from cōgitō (“to think; to consider, ponder; to intend, plan”) + -bundus (suffix forming adjectives with an active or transitive meaning). Cōgitō is derived from con- (prefix indicating a bringing together of several things) + agitō (“to put in motion; to rouse, stir up; to consider, meditate upon; to contrive, intend; to deliberate upon, discuss”) (from agō (“to act, do; to impel, move; to deliberate, discuss; to think upon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2eǵ- (“to drive”)) + -itō (suffix forming frequentative verbs)).
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