THOUGHT
ADJECTIVES
► BRAIN-LIT enlightened by thought → 1845
► COGITABUND deep in thought; thoughtful, meditating, musing → 1649
► DEEP-BRAINED full of profound thought; ingenious → 1597
► MINDY having recollection or remembrance, retaining memories; taking thought or care, mindful, heedful; being conscious or aware → a1000 obs.
► PENSATIVE full of thought; pensive, anxious → 1574 obs.
► THOUGHTIVE addicted to or engaged in thought; thoughtful → 1654 obs.
► THOUGHTSOME addicted to thought, thoughtful; having the faculty of thought, mental, spiritual → 1611 obs.
► VAGANT of thoughts: wandering → c1450 obs.
NOUNS
► ADVISEMENT 1. the process of viewing or considering mentally; thought, thinking, consideration, reflection, deliberation → 1330 obs.
2. the result of thinking; a thought, opinion, resolution, plan → 1535 obs.
► CONCEIT a conception, thought, or idea → 1619 US
► DEEM judgement, opinion, thought, surmise → 1501 obs.
► LATTER-WIT after-thoughts → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THINK thought, opinion → 1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THINKING-WORK thought → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THINK-SO a passing thought; a vague suspicion → 1887 Eng. dial.
► TWI-THOUGHT an indistinct or vague thought → 1885
► VENTILATION the utterance or expression of one’s thoughts, etc. → 1615 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► SHORT-THINKER a person whose thought does not carry him far into a subject → 1711 obs.
VERBS
► ADVISE to bethink oneself; to take thought, to consider, to reflect → 1297 obs.
► BURST ONE’S BRAIN to take or use excessive thought → 1587 obs.
► NOTIONATE to devise or originate by process of thought → 1661 obs.
► OPEN PACKY to reveal one’s innermost thoughts → 1943 W. Indies sl.
► PICK UP THE THREADS to pull thoughts and ideas together → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► SMITE of a thought, idea, etc.: to occur suddenly to a person; to strike; to enter the brain or mind → 1797
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