ruminate.
To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
Meaning & usage
To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
To meditate or reflect.
I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1533; borrowed from Latin rūminātus, perfect active participle of rūminor (“to chew the cud, turn over in the mind”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from rūmen (“the throat, gullet”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), itself of uncertain origin.
Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
a ruminate endosperm
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1800, in the writings of John Hull; borrowed from Latin rūminātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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