Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Contemplative has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:
a person devoted to the contemplative life
Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious contemplation.
deeply or seriously thoughtful
"Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the `Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"
Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.