Ponderment
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A mental state characterized by pondering; a feeling of doubt and curiosity. uncountable
"Now, while in deep and serious Ponderment I watch’d the Motions of his next Intent, He wheel’d about, as one full bent to try The Matter in Dispute ’twixt him and I;"
Example
More examples"Now, while in deep and serious Ponderment I watch’d the Motions of his next Intent, He wheel’d about, as one full bent to try The Matter in Dispute ’twixt him and I;"
Etymology
From ponder + -ment.
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