How do you pronounce pensiveness?

The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɛnsɪvnˌɛs/.

pensiveness

/pˈɛnsɪvnˌɛs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"We left quietly so as not to disturb the widow's pensiveness."
"Yet the employment seemed a pleasant one; her cheek was flushed with a clear, rich crimson—her face / "Was like any fair lake that the morning is on, / When it breaks into dimples, and laughs in the sun." / And if, ever and anon, the brow was clouded by a shade of pensiveness, it was quickly dispelled by the consciousness of present happiness."

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