motor-minded

[ moh-ter-mahyn-did ]

adjective

1. disposed to perceive one's environment in terms of mechanical or muscular activity.

Other Words From

• motor-minded·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of motor-minded¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

In the first case you are eye-minded; in the second, ear-minded; in the third, motor-minded.

From Project Gutenberg

Most of you will probably find yourselves, first eye-minded, then motor-minded.

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Motor-minded people are apt to talk easily, and to learn readily to speak foreign languages.

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