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单词 penseful
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pensefuladj.

Brit. /ˈpɛnsfᵿl/, U.S. /ˈpɛnsfəl/, Scottish English /ˈpɛnsfəl/
Forms: 1700s–1800s pencefu', 1800s pensfu, 1800s– pensefu', 1900s– penseful.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pensiful adj.
Etymology: Probably a reduced form of pensiful adj. With pensefulness n. at Derivatives compare earlier pensieness n. 2.
Scottish.
1. Conceited, giving oneself airs. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective]
taunt?a1534
cocket1537
fastuous?1591
cobbing1599
whalebone1602
airy1606
fastigious1625
flatuous1630
high and mighty1633
vapouring1647
flatulent1658
hoity-toity1690
jackanapish1696
superior1711
penseful1788
uppish1789
pensy1790
stuck-up1812
glorified1821
toploftical1823
pretentious1832
sophomoric1837
highty-tighty1847
snippy1848
jumped-up1852
set-up1856
toplofty1859
cock-aloft1861
high-tone1864
high-toned1866
pretensivea1868
fancy-pants1870
hunched1870
snotty1870
head-in-air1880
uppity1880
jackanapsian1881
airified1882
sidey1898
posh1914
upstage1918
snooty1919
high-hatted1924
hincty1924
snot-nosed1941
posho1989
1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 62 Fash't wi' three or four Sic pencefu' breed.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. [Ayrshire] Pensefu', pencefu', proud, self-conceited.
2. Thoughtful, meditative, pensive. Cf. pensiful adj. Sc. National Dict. records this sense as still in use in Argyllshire in 1965.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective]
thoughtfulc1175
contemplative1340
considerativec1449
musing1449
studient1532
pondering1566
contemplatory1576
speculative1578
considerate1581
reflective1581
theorical1594
theoric?1600
theoretical1608
meditative1611
thoughtsome1627
reflexive1630
reflecting1632
revolutive1637
cogitativea1639
thoughtive1654
lucubratory1656
thinkful1668
theoretic1701
ruminatinga1704
reflectious1715
ruminative1774
thinking1799
meditative1831
ruminant1849
meditational1864
penseful1865
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adjective] > pensive
thoughtfulc1300
pensivea1393
pensya1450
thoughtya1450
pensiful?c1450
pensative1574
melancholy1600
pensived1609
penseroso1813
penserose1831
penseful1865
1865 J. Young Homely Pictures in Verse 165 Chairs that when pensefu' ye may rock in.
1913 H. P. Cameron tr. Thomas à Kempis Of Imitation of Christ i. xi. 15 Hoo cam it aboot that a wheen o' the saunts war sae perfete an' pensefu'?
1921 M. Argo Janet's Choice 17 She's a bittie penseful. I wadna grudge her a bit gallivant at an odd time.

Derivatives

pensefulness n. Obsolete
ΚΠ
1880 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (rev. ed.) Pensieness, pensfuness, self-conceitedness and affectation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1788
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