† ˈthoughtsome, a. Obs. rare.
[f. thought1 + -some.]
a. Addicted to thought; thoughtful. b. Of the nature of thought, or having the faculty of thought; mental, spiritual. Hence † ˈthoughtsomeness.
| 1611 Cotgr., Mental,..mentall, thoughtsome, belonging to the mind. c 1627 Scudder Chr. Daily Walk ix. §1 (1637) 219 If men report evill of you..Be not so much inquisitiue who raised it, or thought-some how to bring him to his answer. 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 82 A ghost being in it self not roomthy, it cannot bear any roomthy behaviour towards bodies that are so, any more than bodies that are bulky, can bear immaterial respects or thoughtsom behaviours towards ghosts that are so. Ibid. 34 Thoughtsomness setting full as close to the very stamp or inmostness of a thinking Being, as boak or roomthyness does to the Being that is Bodysom. |