longminded

See also: long-minded

English

Alternative forms

• long-minded

Etymology

From long +‎ minded. Compare Old English langmōd (“patient, long-suffering”, literally “long-mood”).

Adjective

longminded (comparative more longminded, superlative most longminded)

1. (rare, nonstandard) Patient; longanimous.
   • 1966, Staughton Lynd, Nonviolence in America:

     They are no more longminded than white people. They know there's not going to be a Negro sheriff. And therefore when they vote, they're going to vote for the less dangerous sheriff, who has to be a Democrat.

Derived terms

• longmindedness