minded

English

Etymology

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English mind

English -ed

English minded

From mind +‎ -ed. Compare Old English -mōd (“minded”), Old English ġehyġd (“minded; disposed”).

Adjective

minded (comparative more minded, superlative most minded)

1. (in combination, usually hyphenated) Having or exemplifying a mind of the stated type, nature or inclination.

   a fair-minded person

   a fair-minded decision

   literary-minded, literature-minded, two-minded

   • 2004 October 29, Carol McAlice Currie, “Unposted laws make downtown seem unwelcoming”, in Statesman Journal, volume 152, number 214, Salem, OR, page 1C:

     Downtown merchants can’t condone sending the spend-minded to Lancaster Mall, where they can park without fear in mega-macadam lots.

2. Having a preference for doing something; having a likelihood, or disposition to carry out an act.

   I am minded to refuse the request.

   Order another drink if you are so minded

   He seems minded to go ahead with the plan.

Derived terms

• able-minded
• absent-minded
• absent-minded professor
• alike-minded
• bad-minded
• bloody-minded
• bloodyminded
• broad-minded
• civic-minded
• closed-minded
• close-minded
• double-minded
• dull-minded
• ear-minded
• ego-minded
• even-minded
• evil-minded
• eye-minded
• fair-minded
• feeble-minded
• feebleminded
• fuzzy-minded
• good-minded
• green-minded
• heavenly-minded
• high-minded
• hive-minded
• large-minded
• liberal-minded
• liberalminded
• light-minded
• like-minded
• literal-minded
• long-minded
• low-minded
• midget-minded
• narrow-minded
• narrow minded
• off-minded
• open-minded
• public-minded
• right-minded
• same-minded
• self-minded
• serious-minded
• simple-minded
• single-minded
• sloppy-minded
• small-minded
• soft-minded
• strong-minded
• tender-minded
• tough-minded
• twi-minded
• up-minded
• weak-minded
• well-minded
• woolly-minded
• wooly-minded
• wrong-minded

 

Translations

having inclination for something

• Bulgarian: склонен (bg) (sklonen)
• Finnish: -mielinen
• Spanish: dispuesto (es)

having preference for doing something

• Finnish: taipuvainen (fi)

Verb

minded

1. simple past and past participle of mind

References

• “minded”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• midden