Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pensiveness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pensiveness \Pen"sive*ness\, n.
The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness;
seriousness. --Hooker.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pensiveness
n 1: persistent morbid meditation on a problem [syn: {brooding}]
2: deep serious thoughtfulness [syn: {meditativeness}, {contemplativeness}]
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