CONTEMPLATIVE


Meaning of CONTEMPLATIVE in English

adj. & n.

--adj. of or given to (esp. religious) contemplation; meditative.

--n. a person whose life is devoted to religious contemplation.

Derivatives:

contemplatively adv.

Etymology: ME f. OF contemplatif -ive, or L contemplativus (as contemplate)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.