Scholarly (adj):
- involving or relating to serious academic study
- having or showing knowledge, learning, or devotion to academic pursuits
ORIGIN: Old English: scol(i)ere “schoolchild, student,” from Late Latin scholaris, from Latin schola “school.”
Musing (v):
- being absorbed in thought
- talking to oneself in a thoughtful manner
ORIGIN: Middle English : from Old French muser “meditate, wastetime,” perhaps from medieval Latin musum “muzzle.”
Cited: Oxford Ameriican English Dictionary, 2010