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cogitabund, a.|ˈkɒdʒɪtəbʌnd|
[ad. L. cōgitābundus thinking, f. cōgitāre to think.]
Musing, meditating, thoughtful, deep in thought.
1649Bulwer Pathomyot. ii. v. 170 Such are of a..Cogitabund aspect. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes i. ii. 5 If he be thoughtive or cogitabund. 1692Southerne Wives Excuse iii. i, Thou art cogitabund; thy head is running upon thy poetry. 1821L. Hunt Indicator No. 68 (1822) II. 123 Is not the humour of them elaborate, cogitabund, fanciful?
Hence ˌcogitabunˈdation, cogitaˈbundity, deep meditation, thoughtfulness; cogitaˈbundly adv. meditatively; cogitaˈbundous a. = cogitabund.
1627Sir S. D'Ewes Jrnl. Parl. (1783) 61 My dailie.. greife for the miseries of true religion in Germanie..made my soul soe sadd and cogitabundous. 1659H. More Immort. Soul (1662) 54 Let them [the stars] seem to wink and twinkle as cogitabundly as they will. 1729Brice's Weekly (Exeter) Jrnl. 7 Feb. 4 The Result of which mighty Cogitabundation may hereafter furnish out Matter enough. 1744Miss Carter Lett. (1808) 53 With the addition of much cogitabundity over the riddles in the Ladies' Almanack. |