eye-minded

American  

[ahy-mahyn-did] / ˈaɪˈmaɪn dɪd /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• eye-mindedness noun

Etymology

Origin of eye-minded

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

The eye is the royal road to the mind, and most people are eye-minded; and the moving picture is a wonderful agency to convey to the mind, through the eye, accurate pictures of the world around us, natural and social.

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This brilliancy of male plumage in the presence of the somber color of his mate would seem to indicate that the English sparrow is eye-minded rather than ear-minded.

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It is true among human beings that most of them are eye-minded.

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

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Sparrow, English, adapted to town, 66. and hawks, 69. and winter, 73. eat varied food, 71. eye-minded, 78. feed young on insects, 72. good qualities, 85. has reached limit, 85. in Philadelphia, 63. introduction, 62. lives near houses, 70. nests early, 81. nests often, 82. once migratory, 80. quarrels without animosity, 75. sociable, 74. spread of, 65. stays over winter, 79. successful, 83. transported in cars, 67. unafraid of man, 69. wintering, 73.

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