high-mindedadj.

?1503 J. Flamank in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1861) I. 239 The lady Luce was a proude hij myndyd woman, and lovyth not the kyngis grace.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xi. 20 Be not hye minded, but feare.

1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. iii. 6 They that be of loftie lookes,..for the most part be high minded, stubborne and vngracious.

1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 110 To humble these high-minded men.

1680 J. Eliot Let. 4 Nov. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) V. 221 Charge them that be rich in this world, that they be not high minded, nor trust in uncertaine riches, but in the living God.

a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. i. 9 Poor in Spirit may very properly denote one that is free from Pride, one that is not high-minded.

1788 J. Wesley Let. 7 Nov. (1931) VIII. 103 Learn to say from your heart, ‘Lord, I am not high-minded! I have no proud looks!’ Then you will give..much pleasure.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xv. 287 Be not rash. Be not high-minded.

1901 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 597/2 He was not high-minded, however proud his looks, and could unbend without a trace of condescension.

1969 I. Murdoch Bruno's Dream i. 9 If they had only been gentle with him and reasoned with him instead of getting so highminded and angry.

2011 K. Gallantine You can overcome Jealousites in your Life viii. 221 When people are confessing and admitting their faults to you, you should not display to them a high minded or arrogant attitude.

1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. D8 Eche of them confessede with a hey myndede courragie the faute to be his.

1578 T. P. Of Knowl. Warres i. x. f. 19 Yt beseemeth him to bee hyghe mynded (I meane not proude, but rather the contrarye) to endeuour to climbe to the highest top of vertue.

1650 R. Heath Clarastella 13 (title) To one blaming my high-minded Love.

1652 G. Wharton tr. J. Rothmann Κειρομαντία: Art of Divining 29 If the Sun do Fortunately Rule; hee makes Men faithfull,..High-minded, Wise, Humane,..and such as always manage their affaires honestly.

1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) II. xv. 99 The high-minded knight had formed the resolution of concealing his name and quality, to hide the disgrace which he thought his captivity would reflect upon his noble house.

1794 J. Byng Diary 23 Sept. in Torrington Diaries (1938) IV. 76 Sir G. will only move at some high mind'd politicks (by which, however he expects to be repaid).

1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 292 These cavaliers are evidently well-bred, and high-minded youths.

1881 H. Morley Eng. Lit. in Reign of Victoria iii. 77 What little there was of highminded statesmanship was often lost among lowthoughted cares of a political life.

1902 G. S. Whitmore Last Maori War vii. 101 There was..among the more high-minded and educated of our fellow-colonists still to be found that true spirit of nationality which..flinches from no personal sacrifice.

1971 S. Howatch Penmarric (1972) v. 533 If I were a high-minded idealist I would maintain a dignified silence.

2012 New Yorker 30 Jan. 18/3 The Governor isn't big on earnest, high-minded good-government concerns.

1827 P. N. Shuttleworth Serm. Leading Princ. Christianity I. xviii. 503 The acquisitions of learning, philosophy, and highminded literature.

1855 London Q. Rev. Oct. 242 Mention must likewise be made of a few other works, as examples of a pure and high-minded art.

1892 H. G. Keene Lit. France ix. 191 A far more poetical, imaginative, and high-minded piece of work is Don Quixote, which became French through the intermediation of Le Sage.

1950 Notes 7 227 That base-born waif Yankee Doodle, whose words have long been meaningless, has survived almost two centuries' worth of high-minded, well-made sonatas and string quartets—besides astronomical stacks of much ‘better’ popular songs.

1973 E. H. Jones Mrs Humphry Ward iii. 45 Mary Ward and her circle were giving their own dinner parties, simple high-minded affairs with few courses.

1992 Matrix Summer 35/2 There have been excellent, high-minded shows such as the Guggenheim Exhibit.

2012 Independent 10 Dec. 38/2 Two versions of a singing contest this week... You could have the carbonated, high-sugar version in The X Factor Final or, in Westminster Abbey on Friday night, an altogether more high-minded sing-off between..two young choirboys competing to get the high-C solo in Allegri's Miserere.

1819 Correspondent 4 June This view would teach them to think high mindedly of the best interests of the country.

1908 Current Lit. Apr. 411/2 The woman most accustomed to justify herself high-mindedly for small dishonorable acts could not find another name by which a bribe would smell sweet.

2007 D. Ronfeldt in J. Arquilla & D. A. Borer Information Strategy & Warfare ii. 50 Most such antagonists, no matter how high-mindedly they proclaim their ideals, are operating in terribly tribal and clannish ways.