minded

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English mind

Old English -ed

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz

Old English -od

Middle English -ed

English -ed

English minded

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: mīnʹdĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪndɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪndɪd
• Hyphenation: mind‧ed

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 decision by a traditionally minded Pope.

   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.

   • 2025 March 19, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Public transport concerns delay Gatwick bid”, in RAIL, number 1031, page 22:

     But Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander instead said she was "minded to approve" the plans, and extended a decision deadline to the end of October.

Derived terms

• able-minded
• absent-minded
• absent-minded professor
• airminded
• alike-minded
• bad-minded
• bloodyminded, bloody-minded
• book-minded
• broad-minded
• civic-minded
• closedminded
• closed-minded
• close-minded
• clothes minded
• dirty-minded
• double-minded
• doubleminded
• dull-minded
• ear-minded
• ego-minded
• even-minded
• evil-minded
• eye-minded
• fairminded
• fair-minded
• feebleminded
• feeble-minded
• fuzzy-minded
• good-minded
• green-minded
• heavenly-minded
• high-minded
• hive-minded
• large-minded
• liberal-minded
• liberalminded
• light-minded
• like-minded
• literal-minded
• little-minded
• longminded
• long-minded
• lowminded
• low-minded
• midget-minded
• mindedly
• mindedness
• narrow-minded
• narrow minded
• noble-minded
• off-minded
• open-minded
• public-minded
• right-minded
• same-minded
• self-minded
• serious-minded
• simple-minded
• single-minded
• singleminded
• sloppy-minded
• small-minded
• soft-minded
• strong-minded
• tenderminded
• tender-minded
• toughminded
• tough-minded
• twi-minded
• unminded
• up-minded
• weak-minded
• weakminded
• well-minded
• woolly-minded
• wooly-minded
• wrongminded
• 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