motor-minded
[moh-ter-mahyn-did]
- disposed to perceive one's environment in terms of mechanical or muscular activity.
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Compare ear-minded, eye-minded.
Origin of motor-minded
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Motor-minded people are apt to talk easily, and to learn readily to speak foreign languages.
Natural WondersEdwin Tenney Brewster
In the first case you are eye-minded; in the second, ear-minded; in the third, motor-minded.
Natural WondersEdwin Tenney Brewster
Most of you will probably find yourselves, first eye-minded, then motor-minded.
Natural WondersEdwin Tenney Brewster