Mindful

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈmʌɪndfÉ™l/

Alternative forms

• mindefull, mindfull obsolete

Origin

From Middle English myndeful, from Old English Ä¡emyndful ("of good memory"), equivalent to mind + -ful.

Full definition of mindful

Adjective

1. Being aware (of something); attentive, heedful. from 14th c.
• 2011, December 10, Marc Higginson, Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa, Alex McLeish, perhaps mindful of the flak he has been taking from sections of the Villa support for a perceived negative style of play, handed starts to wingers Charles N'Zogbia and Albrighton.
2. (obsolete) Inclined (to do something). 16th-19th c.
• 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.5:These noble warriors, mindefull to pursew
  The last daies purpose of their vowed fight,
  Them selves thereto preparde in order dew ….

Antonyms

• mindless
• seat-of-the-pants

Derived terms

• mindfulness