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simple-minded, a.
[f. simple a. + mind n.]
a. Having a simple mind; possessing little or no subtlety of intellect; also, feeble- or weak-minded.
1744Akenside Pleas. Imag. iii. 112 How sublime they move, And bending oft their sanctimonious eyes, Take homage of the simple-minded throng. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 145 The weak and simpleminded part of mankind (which is by far the most numerous division). 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxxiii, My Lord Southdown,..an epileptic and simple-minded nobleman. 1878J. P. Hopps Jesus iv. 16 These were mostly simple-minded, honest, and earnest men.
b. Belonging to, proceeding from, a simple mind.
1866N. & Q. 3rd Ser. IX. 458/1 Characteristic..of the..simple-minded tenderness, and the silly superstition of the period. 1876Mozley Univ. Serm. iv. 101 Action upon a theatre may doubtless be as simple-minded action as any other.
Hence simple-ˈmindedness; also simple-ˈmindedly adv.
1847Webster, Simple-mindedness, artlessness. 1881Bright in Standard 17 Nov. 3/3 These men..call in question the Free-trade policy, and they have the courage or the simple-mindedness to believe [etc.]. 1934A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 255 An Indian who has given up his Fiestas would not be the simple-mindedly happy peasant beloved of Mr. Chase. 1981Christian Order XXII. 264 Abandoned simple-mindedly and irresponsibly. |