thoughty

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English thoughty, thoghty, equivalent to thought +‎ -y. Cognate with Scots thochty, thouchty (“thoughty”), Dutch gedachtig (“thoughty”), German gedächtig (“suspicious”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈθɔːti/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈθɔdi/, /ˈθɑdi/ === Adjective === thoughty (comparative thoughtier or more thoughty, superlative thoughtiest or most thoughty) (archaic, now Scotland) Given to serious thought or reflection; either attentive or pensive. ==== Synonyms ==== contemplative reflective === References === “thoughty, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.