ear-minded

[ eer-mahyn-did ]

adjective

1. tending to perceive one's environment in terms of sound and to recall sounds more vividly than sights, smells, etc.

Other Words From

• ear-minded·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ear-minded¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Now, most of the sparrows seem to be ear-minded, at least as far as their recognition of their mates are concerned.

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But Madam English Sparrow was apparently eye-minded rather than ear-minded.

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Not many people are ear-minded; not nearly so many are as eye-minded.

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

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