† meditabundadj.

Forms: 1700s meditabund; Scottish pre-1700 meditabound.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin meditabundus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin meditabundus (in an epitome (probably 3rd cent.) of a classical Latin author; c1562 in a British source) < classical Latin meditārī meditate v. + -bundus, suffix forming verbal adjectives. Compare French méditabond taciturn (1696).

Obsolete. rare.

Absorbed in meditation. (In quot. humorously pedantic.)

ΘΚΠ

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

pensivec1400

contemplantc1429

musing1530

contemplating1602

reflexing1606

wrappeda1616

musefula1618

cogitabundous1627

meditant1631

meditating1645

cogitabund1649

meditabund1681

speculating1787

thoughtful-looking1827

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 6 On the ground He grovelling lyes meditabound.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Meditabund.., pondering,..musing, in a brown Study.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	meditabund
释义	† meditabundadj. Forms: 1700s meditabund; Scottish pre-1700 meditabound. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin meditabundus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin meditabundus (in an epitome (probably 3rd cent.) of a classical Latin author; c1562 in a British source) < classical Latin meditārī meditate v. + -bundus, suffix forming verbal adjectives. Compare French méditabond taciturn (1696). Obsolete. rare. Absorbed in meditation. (In quot. humorously pedantic.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective] > engaged in contemplation, musing pensivec1400 contemplantc1429 musing1530 contemplating1602 reflexing1606 wrappeda1616 musefula1618 cogitabundous1627 meditant1631 meditating1645 cogitabund1649 meditabund1681 speculating1787 thoughtful-looking1827 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 6 On the ground He grovelling lyes meditabound. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Meditabund.., pondering,..musing, in a brown Study. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1681
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