eye-minded

[ ahy-mahyn-did ]

/ ˈaɪˈmaɪn dɪd /

disposed to perceive one's environment in visual terms and to recall sights more vividly than sounds, smells, etc.

Compare ear-minded, motor-minded.

Origin of eye-minded

First recorded in 1885–90

eye-mind·ed·ness, noun

Eye-minded as he was, he came to have an artistic sense, to love decorative effects.

A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5) |Henry Smith Williams
The eye-minded person, moreover, has still another string to his bow.

Natural Wonders |Edwin Tenney Brewster
It is true among human beings that most of them are eye-minded.

The Meaning of Evolution |Samuel Christian Schmucker
Not many people are ear-minded; not nearly so many are as eye-minded.

Natural Wonders |Edwin Tenney Brewster

In the first case you are eye-minded; in the second, ear-minded; in the third, motor-minded.

Natural Wonders |Edwin Tenney Brewster