thoughtsomeadj.
/ˈθɔːts(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈθɔtsəm/, /ˈθɑtsəm/ΚΠ
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mental,..mentall, thoughtsome, belonging to the mind.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 82 A ghost being in it self not roomthy, it cannot bear any roomthy behaviour towards bodies that are so, any more than bodies that are bulky, can bear immaterial respects or thoughtsom behaviours towards ghosts that are so.
2. Characterized by thought, thoughtful; meditative; considerate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > [adjective]
inwardc888
innerc900
spiritualc1384
spiritala1393
soulya1500
interiora1513
intern1546
internal1547
soulish1581
soul-like1606
pneumatic1624
thoughtsome1627
psychical1642
pneumatical1644
animastic1651
animastical1651
intimate1671
in-written1684
soular1818
inwardly1820
psychal1822
noetica1834
the mind > mental capacity > thought > [adjective]
weeningc1391
cogitative1490
busy-headeda1555
busy-brained1573
thinking1606
thoughtsome1627
cogitanta1680
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
1627 H. Scudder Christians Daily Walke i. viii. 120 If men report euill of you..Be not so much inquisitiue who raised it, or thought-some how to bring him to his answer.
1812 W. H. Ireland Neglected Genius 62 And musinge thus, I straughte mee onn the grene, Whan swythyn sleepe ywreene mye thoughtsome breste.
1843 C. Crowe Men & Women (1844) I. v. 75 But I wish, lad, you'd be more thoughtsome. You're aye forgetting one thing or another.
1862 Southern Literary Messenger Jan. 48/1 And we still glided on—I with a thoughtsome brow, and folded hands, thinking of the little home-circle and how they were missing, and talking of ‘Nellie’.
1911 E. T. Thurston ‘Flower of Gloster’ xxxix. 226 ‘You be very thoughtsome, sur,’ said Eynsham Harry presently, whereby I made certain he had been watching me.
1981 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 29 Oct. 21 From lump, from thing, she anguished me, by small lisps of pity, to thoughtsome breath.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > [noun]
spiritual1649
thoughtsomeness1674
spiritedness1681
soulhood1849
soulship1855
inwardness1859
innerness1881
the mind > mental capacity > thought > [noun]
witOE
thoughtOE
cogitation1557
thinkingness1672
thinkfulness1674
thoughtsomeness1674
cogitativity1722
cogitancy1759
maiden-thought1818
cogitativeness1823
thought centre1846
thought-consciousness1901
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 34 Thoughtsomness setting full as close to the very stamp or inmostness of a thinking Being, as boak or roomthyness does to the Being that is Bodysom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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