ponderment
ponderment noun: a mental state characterized by pondering; a feeling of doubt and curiosity.
Noun
ponderment (uncountable)
- A mental state characterized by pondering; a feeling of doubt and curiosity.
- 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;1773, John Byrom, “A Full and True Account, Of an Horrid and Barbarous Robbery, Committed on Epping Forest, Upon the Body of the Cambridge Coach”, in Miscellaneous Poems, volume I, Manchester, page 14 - My bewildered mind was deep in ponderment, and the distant croaking of ravens blended in evil litany with my thoughts.1937 April, Robert Bloch, “The Mannikin”, in Weird Tales, volume 29, number 4, page 450
- Now, while in deep and serious Ponderment
Origin of ponderment
From ponder + -ment.
Questions about ponderment
- What does ponderment mean?
- Ponderment means a mental state characterized by pondering; a feeling of doubt and curiosity.
- What part of speech is ponderment?
- Ponderment is a noun.
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