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ruminative
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective ruminative has 1 sense
- ruminative(s = adj.all) brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective - 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" Derived form verb ruminate2
CIDE DICTIONARY
ruminative, a.
Inclined to, or engaged in, rumination or meditation. [1913 Webster]
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