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111ruminative — 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 • Syn: ↑brooding, ↑broody, ↑contemplative, ↑meditative, ↑musing, ↑pensive …
112pensy — ˈpen(t)sē adjective Etymology: Middle English pensie, pensey, probably from Middle French pensif pensive 1. dialect : pensive, thoughtful 2. dialect England …
113mesto — I. ˈme(ˌ)stō adjective Etymology: Italian, from Latin maestus dejected, sad; akin to Latin maerēre to mourn, be sad : sad and pensive used as a direction in music II. noun ( s) …
114pensiv'd — penˈsiv d adjective (Shakespeare) Made pensive • • • Main Entry: ↑pensive …
115pan|sy — «PAN zee», noun, plural sies, adjective. –n. 1. a) a flower somewhat like a violet but much larger and having flat, velvety petals, usually of several colors; heartsease. b) the plant it grows on. 2. Slang, used in an unfriendly way. a) a… …
116pen´sive|ness — pen|sive «PEHN sihv», adjective. 1. thoughtful in a serious or sad way: »She was in a pensive mood, and sat staring out the window. SYNONYM(S): meditative, reflective. 2. melancholy: »... the pensive shade of the Italian ruins (George W. Curtis) …
117pen´sive|ly — pen|sive «PEHN sihv», adjective. 1. thoughtful in a serious or sad way: »She was in a pensive mood, and sat staring out the window. SYNONYM(S): meditative, reflective. 2. melancholy: »... the pensive shade of the Italian ruins (George W. Curtis) …
118pen|sive — «PEHN sihv», adjective. 1. thoughtful in a serious or sad way: »She was in a pensive mood, and sat staring out the window. SYNONYM(S): meditative, reflective. 2. melancholy: »... the pensive shade of the Italian ruins (George W. Curtis).… …
119per|pend — «puhr PEHND», Archaic. –v.t. to weigh mentally; ponder; consider: »Perpend my words (Shakespeare). –v.i. to ponder; reflect: »Therefore perpend, my princess, and give ear (Shakespeare). ╂[< Latin perpendere < per thoroughly + pender …
120pre|pense´ly — pre|pense «prih PEHNS», adjective. planned beforehand; premeditated; deliberate. ╂[alteration of Middle English purpense < Old French purpenser < pour forward + penser to think; see etym. under pensive (Cf. ↑pensive)] –pre|pense´ly, adverb …
