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Definition of Light-minded
1. Adjective. Showing inappropriate levity.
Definition of Light-minded
1. Adjective. Not given to heavy thoughts or thinking, frivolous, not serious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Light-minded
Literary usage of Light-minded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The End of the Middle Ages: Essays and Questions in History by Agnes Mary Frances Robinson (1889)
"... war, and outrage swept the city, he, the one man unmoved, was to be seen as
usual playing pallone in the public streets, a light-minded aristocrat, ..."
2. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John Morley (1911)
"He preferred ' light-minded': — The difference between frivolous and light-minded
is not a broad one. But in my opinion a man is frivolous by disposition, ..."
3. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John M. Morley (1903)
"But in my opinion a man is frivolous by disposition, or as people say by nature,
whereas he is light-minded by defect or perversity of will; further he is ..."
4. A German and English Dictionary by Karl. Breul (1906)
"... er ift ein —fuf), be l lucky fellow. -Buffi«, adj. very dissolved. — fähig.
"•(/. nimble, light-minded (giddy or ... <• ir^- Ions, light-minded ..."
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