pensive

Words with a similar base: pensive

'pensive'

[brooding.s.01] as in: deeply or seriously thoughtful

Examples:
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

'pensive'

[pensive.s.02] as in: showing pensive sadness

Examples:
the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty

Origins

					pensive (English)
└── pensif (French)
    └── penso (Latin)

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