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Definition of Simple-minded
1. Adjective. Lacking subtlety and insight. "A simple-minded argument"
2. Adjective. Lacking mental capacity and subtlety.
Definition of Simple-minded
1. Adjective. Lacking subtlety or sophistication ¹
2. Adjective. Lacking mental capacity; feeble-minded ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Simple-minded
1. Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity. Sim"ple-mindedness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Simple-minded
Literary usage of Simple-minded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... honest juryman,' except his ' luck in always getting such easy causes to
plead;' and this is very like what a simple-minded reader might say of Homer. ..."
2. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1861)
"Humble in his views as well u feelings, he desired а home where he might devote
himself to the improvement and salvation of a plain, simple-minded, ..."
3. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1875)
"... for so doing, some may liken us to the simple-minded man in Hierocles, who
exhibited a brick as a specimen of the house EXPLANATION OF PLATE CIX. FIG. ..."
4. Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Norfolk and Vicinity: Including by William S. Forrest (1853)
"Excitement—Anxiety to see the Old Hero— Patriotism—Surprise of the simple-minded—The
Reception—Entertainment —Illumination—Portsmouth—Bonfires—Grand ..."
5. Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"They are kind and simple-minded. 'A Mongol can only have one lawful wife, but he
can keep concubines," the children of the latter ' are illegitimate, ..."
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