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longminded

longminded adjective: patient; longanimous.

Adjective

longminded (comparative more longminded, superlative most longminded)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Patient; longanimous.
    • They are no more longminded than white people. They know there's not going to be a Negro sheriff. And therefore when they vote, they're going to vote for the less dangerous sheriff, who has to be a Democrat.1966, Staughton Lynd, Nonviolence in America

Forms of longminded

comparativemore longminded
superlativemost longminded
alternative formlong-minded

Origin of longminded

From long + minded. Compare Old English langmōd (“patient, long-suffering”, literally “long-mood”).

Words formed from longminded

Questions about longminded

What does longminded mean?
Longminded means patient; longanimous.
What part of speech is longminded?
Longminded is an adjective.

Words near longminded in the dictionary

  1. longly
  2. Longman
  3. Longmans
  4. Longmaxian
  5. Longmeadow
  6. longminded
  7. longmindedness
  8. Longmire
  9. Longmires
  10. Longmont
  11. Longmoor

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