单词 | willing-minded |
释义 | willing-mindedadj. That has or shows a willing mind; well-intentioned.In quot. 1564 as noun. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective] > characterized by goodwill or kind intention well-willingOE kindlya1375 well-meant?1476 well-wished1560 well-natured1561 willing-minded1564 well-meaned1580 well-intendeda1586 well-designed1641 well-designing1670 goodwilly1706 well-intentioned1734 good faith1880 1564 P. Moore Hope of Health Ep. Ded. sig. *.vii I purpose by this my smalle trauaille, to declare vnto the willyng minded, good rules of Phisike. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. i. 8 Exertions which were of the willing-minded but futile kind, going forward pellmell, not by plan. 2005 Independent (Nexis) 7 Mar. 33 Willing-minded countries and their politicians have been swept along by the war-rhetoric of fighting climate change. Derivatives ˌwilling-ˈmindedness n. ΚΠ 1647 Alarum to Headquarters 6 We had almost said, an argument of our willing mindednesse to slavery still. 1830 S. T. Coleridge Let. 1 June (1895) II. 751 Our Harriet, whose love and willing-mindedness to me-ward during my long chain of bodily miserablenesses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1564 |
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