English
ruminative
From ruminate + -ive.
A compound of ruminate + -ive
Latin rūminor ‘to chew the cud, turn over in the mind’
Latin rūminātus ‘chewed the cud, having chewed the cud’
English ruminate
Today it means
adj Causing rumination or prone to it; thoughtful.
Sources
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Etymograph / ruminative