BROODING, BROODINGLY
ADJECTIVES
1450 ► PENSIFUL brooding, anxious; thoughtful, meditative, pensive → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1831 ► PENSEROSE brooding, meditative, melancholy
1851 ► BROODY brooding, meditative; dejected
1981 ► BROODISH brooding, moody, sullen → Amer. dial.
ADVERBS
1967 ► EVILLY broodingly; sullenly → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
..19C ► PENSEROSE a brooding personality
NOUNS, PERSON
..19C ► PENSEROSE a brooding or melancholy person
VERBS
1959 ► EVIL to brood → Amer. dial.
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