ear-minded

American  

[eer-mahyn-did] / ˈɪərˌmaɪn dɪd /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• ear-mindedness noun

Etymology

Origin of ear-minded

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.

From The Meaning of Evolution by Schmucker, Samuel Christian

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.

From The Meaning of Evolution by Schmucker, Samuel Christian

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

From The Meaning of Evolution by Schmucker, Samuel Christian

Now as compared with the typical novelist, the poet is surely, like the orator, "ear-minded."

From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss