light-mindedadj.

Brit.

/ˌlʌɪtˈmʌɪndᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪtˌmaɪndᵻd/,

/ˌlaɪtˈmaɪndᵻd/

Forms: see light adj.¹ and n.² and minded adj.²

Origin: Formed wtihin English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, minded adj.²

Etymology: < light adj.¹ + minded adj.² Compare earlier light-headed adj., light-hearted adj.Compare also the Old English evidence cited in the etymology at light adj.¹

Foolish; frivolous; careless, thoughtless.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective]

lightlyeOE

lightOE

lightsomea1425

flying1509

light-minded?1529

tickle or light of the sear?1530

giddya1547

light-headed1549

gidded1563

giddish1566

fling-brained1570

tickle-headed1583

toyish1584

shallow1594

leger1598

corky1601

barmy1602

airy1609

unfirma1616

unballast1622

cork-brained1630

unballasted1644

kickshawa1655

unserious1655

unstudious1663

flirtishc1665

caper-witteda1670

shatter-headedc1686

corky-brained1699

flea-lugged1724

halokit1724

shatter-brained1727

scattered-brained1747

shatter-witted1775

flippant1791

butterfly-brained1796

scatter-brained1804

gossamer1806

shandy-pated1806

shattery1820

barmy-brained1823

papilionaceous1832

flirtatious1834

flirty1840

Micawberish1859

scatterheaded1867

flibberty-gibberty1879

thistledown1897

shatter-pated1901

trivial-minded1905

scattery1924

fizgig1928

ditzy1979

?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. xvi. sig. T Whan they called them lusty styrers, they ment they were lyght mynded: and where they called them well nurtred, they ment they were wanton.

1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xix. 4 He that is hasty to giue credit is light minded .

1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. vi. 414 The light-minded multitude clamorously required it.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 211 Among the light-minded men and women who make up society.

1903 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Feb. 171 She accused herself at this time of a sadly light-minded attitude towards the momentous step she was about to take.

2016 Daily Iowan (Nexis) 12 Sept. (80 Hours section) 1 The unflinching realism of some poetry harbors little room for the light-minded individual.

Derivatives

light-ˈmindedness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun]

lightnessc1384

levity1564

gaiety1573

light-mindedness?1574

shallowness1590

toyishness1595

lightheadedness1645

ludicrousness1664

unseriousness1672

flightiness1747

flirtishness1750

trivial-mindedness1872

?1574 C. Vitell tr. H. Niclaes Comoedia x. 23 Pryde, and Lightmyndednes, are also in Request.

1884 H. Gersoni tr. I. Turgenev Diary Superfluous Man 26 Mar. 97 The sad consequences of light-mindedness.

2015 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 15 Feb. (Comment section) 40 So much of what he does is potentially trivial, and yet the braininess he brings to it invariably absolves it from the charge of light-mindedness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	light-minded
释义	light-mindedadj. Brit. /ˌlʌɪtˈmʌɪndᵻd/, U.S. /ˈlaɪtˌmaɪndᵻd/, /ˌlaɪtˈmaɪndᵻd/ Forms: see light adj.¹ and n.² and minded adj.² Origin: Formed wtihin English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, minded adj.² Etymology: < light adj.¹ + minded adj.² Compare earlier light-headed adj., light-hearted adj.Compare also the Old English evidence cited in the etymology at light adj.¹ Foolish; frivolous; careless, thoughtless. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective] lightlyeOE lightOE lightsomea1425 flying1509 light-minded?1529 tickle or light of the sear?1530 giddya1547 light-headed1549 gidded1563 giddish1566 fling-brained1570 tickle-headed1583 toyish1584 shallow1594 leger1598 corky1601 barmy1602 airy1609 unfirma1616 unballast1622 cork-brained1630 unballasted1644 kickshawa1655 unserious1655 unstudious1663 flirtishc1665 caper-witteda1670 shatter-headedc1686 corky-brained1699 flea-lugged1724 halokit1724 shatter-brained1727 scattered-brained1747 shatter-witted1775 flippant1791 butterfly-brained1796 scatter-brained1804 gossamer1806 shandy-pated1806 shattery1820 barmy-brained1823 papilionaceous1832 flirtatious1834 flirty1840 Micawberish1859 scatterheaded1867 flibberty-gibberty1879 thistledown1897 shatter-pated1901 trivial-minded1905 scattery1924 fizgig1928 ditzy1979 ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. xvi. sig. T Whan they called them lusty styrers, they ment they were lyght mynded: and where they called them well nurtred, they ment they were wanton. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xix. 4 He that is hasty to giue credit is light minded . View more context for this quotation 1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. vi. 414 The light-minded multitude clamorously required it. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 211 Among the light-minded men and women who make up society. 1903 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Feb. 171 She accused herself at this time of a sadly light-minded attitude towards the momentous step she was about to take. 2016 Daily Iowan (Nexis) 12 Sept. (80 Hours section) 1 The unflinching realism of some poetry harbors little room for the light-minded individual. Derivatives light-ˈmindedness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] lightnessc1384 levity1564 gaiety1573 light-mindedness?1574 shallowness1590 toyishness1595 lightheadedness1645 ludicrousness1664 unseriousness1672 flightiness1747 flirtishness1750 trivial-mindedness1872 ?1574 C. Vitell tr. H. Niclaes Comoedia x. 23 Pryde, and Lightmyndednes, are also in Request. 1884 H. Gersoni tr. I. Turgenev Diary Superfluous Man 26 Mar. 97 The sad consequences of light-mindedness. 2015 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 15 Feb. (Comment section) 40 So much of what he does is potentially trivial, and yet the braininess he brings to it invariably absolves it from the charge of light-mindedness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < adj.?1529
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