contemplative Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a person devoted to the contemplative life
adjective satellite deeply or seriously thoughtful;
pensive; broody; ruminative; pondering; brooding; musing; meditative; reflective.
- Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man

F. contemplatif, L. contemplativus.

Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.
Fixed and contemplative their looks. Denham.
Having the power of contemplation; as, contemplative faculties. Ray.

(R. C. Ch.) A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.