ppl. a. [pa. pple. of think out (see THINK v.2 15) used as adj.] Elaborated, constructed, or arrived at by thinking or mental labor; thoroughly considered.
1870. J. H. Friswell, Mod. Men of Lett., vii. 129. ‘Paracelsus,’ and other hard thought-out dramatic pieces.
1907. Bp. Robertson, in Trans. Devon Assoc., XXXIX. 44. A weighty and thought-out survey of the scope and nature of scientific truth.
