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light-minded

[ lahyt-mahyn-did ]

/ ˈlaɪtˈmaɪn dɪd /

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adjective

having or showing a lack of serious purpose, attitude, etc.; frivolous; trifling: to be in a light-minded mood.

Origin of light-minded

First recorded in 1605–15

OTHER WORDS FROM light-minded

light·mind·ed·ly, adverb light-mind·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby light-minded

light-footed, light-handed, light-headed, light-hearted, light-horseman, light-minded, light-o'-love, light-rail, light-sensitive, light-struck, light-year

Example sentences from the Web for light-minded

That she was frivolous, light-minded, and would never settle down to be a good worker, was a village verdict he scorned.

Bunker Bean |Harry Leon Wilson
The light-minded Irene consoled herself during the delay by falling in love with the grand domesticos of her palace.

Women of Early Christianity |Alfred Brittain
But the Nobodies are light-minded, casual, and good-hearted.

Waiting for Daylight |Henry Major Tomlinson
The young sister sighed over her sister's light-minded behavior.

Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple |Sophie May

Yet so light-minded was Charles, and so impatient were his courtiers, that he now only cared for a quick return to582 France.

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) |John Addington Symonds