Longminded

Alternative forms

• long-minded

Origin

From long + minded. Compare Old English langmōd ("patient, long-suffering", literally long-mood).

Full definition of longminded

Adjective

1. (rare, nonstandard) Patient; longanimous.
• 1966, Staughton Lynd, Nonviolence in America:They are no more longminded than white people. They know there's not going to be a Negro sheriff. And therefore when they vote, they're going to vote for the less dangerous sheriff, who has to be a Democrat.

Derived terms

• longmindedness