noun
- A person devoted to the contemplative life.
adjective
- Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
- usage: "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";
- synonyms: brooding, broody, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
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