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pensive (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French
pensif
"thoughtful, distracted, musing" (11c.), from
penser
"to think," from Latin
pensare
"weigh, consider," frequentative of
pendere
"weigh" (see
pendant
). Related:
Pensively
;
pensiveness
.
