eye-minded

[ ahy-mahyn-did ]

adjective

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

Other Words From

• eye-minded·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of eye-minded¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Eye-minded as he was, he came to have an artistic sense, to love decorative effects.

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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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People who can make such inner pictures are said to be eye-minded.

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The eye-minded person, moreover, has still another string to his bow.

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