rumination

From Latin rūminātio (“chewing the cud”); see ruminate.

rumination (countable and uncountable, plural ruminations)

1. (figuratively) Deep thought or consideration.
2. The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud and other ruminants.
3. (psychology) Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.
4. (pathology) An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach.

• rumen
• ruminant
• ruminate
• ruminator

• rumination in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• rumination in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• rumination at OneLook Dictionary Search

From Latin rūminātio (“chewing the cud”); see ruminer.

• IPA^(key): /ʁy.mi.na.sjɔ̃/

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rumination f (plural ruminations)

1. rumination (act of ruminating)

• “rumination” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).