| pensive | 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) |
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