单词 | literal-mindedness |
释义 | > as lemmasliteral-ˈmindedness literal-ˈmindedness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [noun] > quality matter-of-factness1816 thinginess1891 literal-mindedness1927 1865 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 505/1 Four years old has a sort of literal mindedness about it. 1927 Glasgow Herald 31 Oct. 10 The gentleman married the lady on the strength of her literal-mindedness. 1974 M. Fido R. Kipling 80/2 ‘If you won't retract the lies..I'll blow out your goddam brains!’ ‘If I don't do certain things, you'll kill me?’ Rudyard asked, with infuriating English primness and literal-mindedness. 2004 Daily Tel. 22 Oct. 22/4 E. Nesbit's..book has been rudely Harry Potter-ised,..its fairy-tale quality magicked into CGI literal-mindedness. < as lemmas |
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