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bad mind, n. and a.
Brit. |ˌbad ˈmʌɪnd|, U.S. |ˈbæd ˈmaɪnd|
[‹ bad adj. + mind n.1 Compare slightly earlier bad-minded adj.
In senses A. 2 and B., perhaps after a word in an African language (see Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (1996) at cited word).]
A. n.
1. An evil or suspicious mind. Now rare.
1593T. Churchyard Churchyards Challenge 52 The open paltring exercises of a bad mind. 1633G. Wither Iuvenilia 237 We dare come before the almighty King to sue for pardon for our sins, yet bring The selfe-same bad mind, still conceiving murther. 1794A. M. Bennett Ellen III. 119 The docter [sic] was that kind of accomodating man, a bad mind might make its ally. 1855J. S. C. Abbot Napoleon at St. Helena xxviii. 408 Never has he given a greater proof of a bad mind than in thus wishing to stab to the heart one whom misfortunes had placed in his power. 1889T. Morse Benjamin Franklin ix. 235 He had no particle of evidence to sustain this notion, which was simply the subtle conception of his own bad mind. 1999Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 24 Nov. b1 Whoever did this has a bad mind.
2. Caribbean. Malicious thoughts or intentions; spite, animosity. Chiefly in to have (a) bad mind for.
1939Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 25 Feb. 35/6 Dem got bad mind. 1961I. Khan Jumbie Bird vii. 90 That is not good to have bad-mind for that country and even that Government o' that Rajah that give him food and shelter, you can't kick a bowl of milk. 1979Express (Port of Spain, Trinidad) 1 Dec. 4 The politics of bad mind will not do. 1980M. Thelwell Harder they Come (1988) x. 221 You can all stop you giggling and signifying. Unu too have bad mind for you own good. 1996S. Mootoo Cereus blooms at Night ii. 124, I wanted her to know that I wasn't frightened and I didn't have a bad mind for her.
B. adj. Caribbean. Malicious, spiteful. Cf. bad-minded adj.
1904Penny Cuts (Trinidad) 19 Nov. Day so bad min dat de po contracters doz see fits and doz have to run way from de lan befo it haff-way plant up. 1959V. S. Naipaul Miguel St. 40 Boy, I don't like meddling with that man. These people really bad-mind. 1968Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 14 Jan. 4/1 Wid dem bad-mind people bout me, maybe dem set duppy pon mi. 2005Riddim No. 1. 23/3 Hear wha gwaan inna de street. See the people dem who kill off demself, dem badmind. |