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Rumination

noun

A calm, lengthy, intent consideration. Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflection, reflexion, thoughtfulness.

(of ruminants) chewing (the cud).

Regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding.

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"Rumination" Quotes from Famous Books

... didn't Fanny at bottom half expect, absolutely at the bottom half WANT, things?—so that she would be disappointed if, after what must just have occurred for her, she didn't get something to put between the teeth of her so restless rumination, that cultivation of the fear, of which our young woman had already had glimpses, that she might have "gone too far" in her irrepressible interest in other lives. What had just happened—it pieced itself together for Charlotte—was that the Assingham pair, drifting like everyone else, had ...

— The Golden Bowl • Henry James

... of evident rumination, he tremblingly drew a small letter from his pocket. I took it, and knew not what to say. It was addressed to Perdita. I smiled, I believe rather sarcastically, and opened the billet. It contained only ...

— Beaux and Belles of England • Mary Robinson

... like it. That was appreciation for you. Hite would never—Martha's voice broke in on his rumination. There was a telephone call. He lazily ...

— Death Points a Finger • Will Levinrew

... in The Catholic Church and Conversion a hint that Mr. Belloc had been of those who tried to hustle Gilbert in his younger days. But on this profound reality of Mary's help they could meet many years before Gilbert had finished the slow rumination of mind and the painful effort of will that had held him so long. Here is an early letter ...

— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Maisie Ward

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