thinkfuladj.

Brit.

/ˈθɪŋkf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈθɪŋkf(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: think v.², -ful suffix.

Etymology: < think v.² + -ful suffix. Compare earlier thoughtful adj.

Full of or given to thinking; meditative, thoughtful. thinkful wishing: aspiration controlled by scientific thought or facts (chiefly used in allusion to Otto Neurath's coinage: see quot. 1943).The association with thankful seen in quot. 1889 is not uncommon in inspirational writings.In some later editions of J. Bunyan Holy War (e.g. that of 1718, p. 248) the minor character Mr Thinkwell appears as Mr Thinkful.

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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective]

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1668 T. Jones Brit. Lang. in its Lustre Meddylgar, mindful, thinkful.

1757 Monitor No. 210. 1265 Sir, the tremendous occasion, which first produced this admonition, is described in such terms, as to awaken the most secure and unthinkful reader.]

1864 ‘M. Twain’ in Californian 1 Oct. 9/3 There is a handsome portrait in the Art Gallery of a pensive young girl... Says she, ‘I like it—it is so sad and thinkful.’

1889 W. Hoyt Saturday Afternoon ix. 112 I suppose we should be thankful if we were more thinkful; for thankful means thinkful in the old Saxon.

1910 Weekly Westm. Gaz. 23 Apr. 6/3 A thinkful man, and one of eloquent silences.

1943 O. Neurath in New Commonw. Q. Apr. 148 ‘Wishful thinking’ may be characterized as arguments deformed by our attitude, it is refused by scientific sincerity and I myself try to suppress this kind of attitude in myself, but let us speak of ‘“thinkful” wishing’, which may be characterized as a selection from scientifically confirmed arguments, which remain non-deformed. Let us wish ‘thinkfully’.

1963 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 82 228 The prehistory of Antioch itself reduces to etiological ‘thinkful wishing’.

1986 R. Sennett Palais-Royal i. 14 The squire has penned me a note.., conveying his displeasure at the overly ‘thinkful’ tone of the last sermon I delivered.

1997 J. Byrne tr. J. M. Maravall Regimes, Politics, & Markets p. vi The ‘thinkful wishing’ behind this book is that these questions may be answered in the negative.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thinkful
释义	thinkfuladj. Brit. /ˈθɪŋkf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈθɪŋkf(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: think v.², -ful suffix. Etymology: < think v.² + -ful suffix. Compare earlier thoughtful adj. Full of or given to thinking; meditative, thoughtful. thinkful wishing: aspiration controlled by scientific thought or facts (chiefly used in allusion to Otto Neurath's coinage: see quot. 1943).The association with thankful seen in quot. 1889 is not uncommon in inspirational writings.In some later editions of J. Bunyan Holy War (e.g. that of 1718, p. 248) the minor character Mr Thinkwell appears as Mr Thinkful. 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 1668 T. Jones Brit. Lang. in its Lustre Meddylgar, mindful, thinkful. 1757 Monitor No. 210. 1265 Sir, the tremendous occasion, which first produced this admonition, is described in such terms, as to awaken the most secure and unthinkful reader.] 1864 ‘M. Twain’ in Californian 1 Oct. 9/3 There is a handsome portrait in the Art Gallery of a pensive young girl... Says she, ‘I like it—it is so sad and thinkful.’ 1889 W. Hoyt Saturday Afternoon ix. 112 I suppose we should be thankful if we were more thinkful; for thankful means thinkful in the old Saxon. 1910 Weekly Westm. Gaz. 23 Apr. 6/3 A thinkful man, and one of eloquent silences. 1943 O. Neurath in New Commonw. Q. Apr. 148 ‘Wishful thinking’ may be characterized as arguments deformed by our attitude, it is refused by scientific sincerity and I myself try to suppress this kind of attitude in myself, but let us speak of ‘“thinkful” wishing’, which may be characterized as a selection from scientifically confirmed arguments, which remain non-deformed. Let us wish ‘thinkfully’. 1963 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 82 228 The prehistory of Antioch itself reduces to etiological ‘thinkful wishing’. 1986 R. Sennett Palais-Royal i. 14 The squire has penned me a note.., conveying his displeasure at the overly ‘thinkful’ tone of the last sermon I delivered. 1997 J. Byrne tr. J. M. Maravall Regimes, Politics, & Markets p. vi The ‘thinkful wishing’ behind this book is that these questions may be answered in the negative. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1668
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