ruminative
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ru·mi·nate
(ro͞o′mə-nāt′)v. ru·mi·nat·ed, ru·mi·nat·ing, ru·mi·nates
v.intr.
1. To turn a matter over and over in the mind.
2. To chew cud.
v.tr.
To reflect on over and over again.
[Latin rūmināre, rūmināt-, from rūmen, rūmin-, throat.]
ru′mi·na′tive adj.
ru′mi·na′tive·ly adv.
ru′mi·na′tor n.
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Adj. | 1. | ruminative - 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"; thoughtful - exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper" |
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ruminative
adjectiveOf, characterized by, or disposed to thought:
cogitative, contemplative, deliberative, excogitative, meditative, pensive, reflective, speculative, thinking, thoughtful.
Idiom: in a brown study.
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