† perpensiveadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Characterized by or tending to careful deliberation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [adjective]
contemplative1340
thoughtfula1400
considering1483
revolving1597
deliberative1602
ponderative1610
reflexive1630
ponderous1632
reflecting1632
reflectivea1640
perpensive1647
balancing1850
meditative1876
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 38 It is rather Christian modesty than shame..to be very perpensive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1647- speech-craft
- speech-crier
- speech-day
- speech-deafness
- speech-element
- speech-energy
- speech-event
- speech-famed
- speech-feeling
- speech-fellows
- speech-flooded
- speech-form
- speech-getting
- speech-group
- speech-habit
- speech-hall
- speech-house
- speech-impaired
- speech-maker
- speech-making
- speech-material
- speech-melody
- speech-movement
- speech-organ
- speech-pattern