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the look of someone solving a problem that may not exist
means Deeply or wistfully thoughtful, often in a quiet, slightly melancholy way.
from From the French 'pensif,' from 'penser,' to think — which traces back to the Latin 'pensare,' to weigh or ponder, a frequentative of 'pendere,' to weigh. So the pensive mind is literally weighing things, turning a thought over and over like a coin in the palm. The same Latin 'pendere' also gives us 'pension,' 'pendant,' and 'ponder' — a whole family obsessed with hanging, weighing, and mulling.
- latin root
- from pensare, to weigh or ponder
- the emoji
- thinking face peaked during early meme culture
- versus brooding
- pensive plots, brooding sulks
- chin involvement
- hand-to-face is the unofficial pose
rodin's the thinker — bronze sculpture (1880) of a man in deep contemplation, originally titled 'le poète' for dante alighieri
edward hopper's nighthawks — 1942 painting of solitary figures in a late-night diner, embodying urban pensiveness and isolation