base-mindedadj.
/ˌbeɪsˈmʌɪndᵻd/, U.S. /ˌbeɪsˈmaɪndᵻd/ Having a base mind; = base adj. 10.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adjective]
theowlikec1175
low?c1225
undignec1315
unfreec1330
base?1518
roynish1570
baseborn1573
base-minded1573
haskardly1576
ignoble1592
unnoble1593
slavish1597
disnoble1609
infimous1613
unhandsome1645
unheroical1656
mean1665
unworthy1694
unheroic1732
raff1761
undignified1782
raffish1795
truculent1825
unpromotable1836
menial1837
low-flung1841
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective]
sickc960
foulOE
unwholec1000
thewlessa1327
corrupt1340
viciousc1340
unwholesomec1374
infecta1387
rustyc1390
unsound?a1400
rottenc1400
rotten-heartedc1405
cankereda1450
infectedc1449
wasted1483
depravate?1520
poisoned1529
deformed1555
poisonous1555
reprobate1557
corrupted1563
prave1564
base-minded1573
tainted1577
Gomorrhean1581
vice-like1589
depraved1593
debauched1598
deboshedc1598
tarish1601
sunk1602
speckled1603
deboist1604
diseased1608
ulcerous1611
vitial1614
debauchc1616
deboise1632
pravous1653
depravea1711
unhealthy1821
scrofulous1842
septic1914
1573 T. Bedingfield tr. G. Cardano Comforte Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Comfort the afflicted, confirme the doubtful, encourage the cowarde, and lift vp the base minded man.
1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 87 Lerned philosophers..are the dryest, leanist, ill-favoriddist, abiectist, base-mind [e] dist carrions.
1586 Queen Elizabeth I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 23 I am not so baceminded that feare of any livinge..prince shoulde make me afrayde.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 62 Base-minded Jewes, with acclamations, affirmed Herod Agrippa..a Deitie.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Niding,..signifies an abject, base minded, fals-hearted coward.
1718 G. J. Geogr. Epitomiz'd 162 They are for the most part..base Minded, contemptuous of other Nations.
1792 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 4/1 To deter base-minded persons from such shocking enormities.
1821 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 9 Oct. He caused a great reward to be offered for his apprehension, which the base minded O Donnel immediately sought to appropriate.
1896 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 55/1 According to these base-minded antiquarians, Gayant was an invention of Charles V.
1966 Times 12 Apr. 13/5 The theme of the Stuart masques, that of the triumph of Crown and Court over base-minded enemies, remained virtually unchanged.
1992 B. Carson & C. Murphey Think Big xiv. 202 I firmly believe that most people are not innately base-minded.
2003 M. J. Simpson Hitchhiker (U.S. ed.) 209 Manifest that [Douglas] Adams is being base-minded and mean-spirited, but it is surely unnecessary for Steve Grant to act as a servile conduit for this pettiness.
Derivatives
base-ˈmindedly n. rare = basely adv. 5.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [adverb]
arghlyc1000
vilelyc1290
vilea1400
brothelyc1400
caitiflyc1425
scabbedly1548
vildly1575
unsela1583
basely1593
unnobly1595
dirtilya1631
shabbily1755
base-mindedly1851
1851 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. I. 162/3 Base-mindedly, with a base mind.[and later Dicts.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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