thoughtiveadj.
/ˈθɔːtɪv/, U.S. /ˈθɔdɪv/, /ˈθɑdɪv/ Now rare.
1. Thoughtful, engaged in or characterized by thought.
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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
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot i. ii. 5 If he be thoughtive or cogitabund,..his lips, his eyes, his hands, goe as well as his legs.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. iii. 187 The Don is indeed a more thoughtive, inward, close, and conceal'd Cocksome.
1916 Rep. 20th Ann. Meeting State Bar Assoc. Indiana 287 Sooner or later on life's highway, most thoughtive human beings meet that old disturber of peace of mind, ‘Cui bono?’
1933 D. D. Parrish Composition & Delivery Radio Addr. 52 In lines 10 to 26 it is thoughtive and serious, while lines 1 to 24 on the next page are again informal and quite entertaining.
2. Relating to or expressive of thought.
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1865 J. Rush Brief Outl. Anal. Human Intellect II. xxvi. xxv. 326 The adaptation of the vocal or expressive, and the verbal or thoughtive sign to the state of mind, must be just.
1896 ‘A. Loisette’ Assimilative Memory 109 (heading) Thoughtive unifications.
1941 M. M. Robb Oral Interpr. Lit. in Amer. Colleges & Universities 98 There are three states of mind that are commonly revealed by speech: the Thoughtive, the Reverentive, and the Passionate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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