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Definition: Simple-minded |
Simple-mindedAdjective1. Lacking subtlety and insight; "a simple-minded argument". 2. Lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "simple-minded" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Synonyms: Simple-mindedSynonyms: dim-witted (adj), half-witted (adj), simple (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Artlessness | Adjective: artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu, unaffected, naive; sincere, frank; open, open as day; candid, ingenuous, guileless; unsuspicious, honest; innocent; Arcadian; undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard; simple-minded, single-minded; frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Simple-minded |
| English words defined with "simple-minded": Sheep-headed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "simple-minded": Doctor Syntax ♦ Gorgibus ♦ Marlais, menuitis ♦ Parson Adams, Pickwick ♦ user-obsequious. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Simple-minded" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Simple-minded" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 41 | 53,521 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "simple-minded"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 重视简单, 憨 (silly), 悾 (sincere). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yksinkertainen (by single entry, naļve, plain, simple, single, straightforward, uncomplicated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 간단하 개의하". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imple-mindedsay слабоумный (anile, crack-brained, cretinous, daft, feebleminded, feeble-minded, half wit, half-wit, half-witted, idiot, imbecile, mentally deficient, moron, simpleminded, underwit, weak-headed, weak-minded, witless), глупый (anserine, apish, asinine, barmy, beef-witted, blockish, bovine, brain dead, brainless, cloddish, daft, dense, doddery, drippy, fatuous, fat-witted, featherbrain, featherbrained, feather-brained, foolish, gaga, goofy, harebrained, idle-headed, inane, inept, mindless, mutton-headed, nitwitted, nonsensical, oafish, sappy, silly, soft-headed, spoony, stupid, thickskulled, thick-skulled, thick-witted, timber-headed, unwise, wooden-headed). (various references) ไร้เ"ียงสา, โง่ (brainless, dipstick, dizzy, dull, dumb, foolish, lumpish, muddle-headed, nerdy, oafish, silly, simple, stockish, thick, thickheaded, thick-witted). (various references) h"n nhiên, chất phác (bluff, plain, unsophisticated), chân thật (artless, bluff, genuine, heart-whole, hearty, onefold, open-hearted, right-minded, round, single-hearded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ina dw akakoiV panourgian paidi de new aisqhsin te kai ennoian |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ut detur parvulis astutia adulescenti scientia et intellectus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | That felnesse be yeue to litle childer, and to the yunge ful waxen, kunnyng and vnderstonding. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 4 |
| Bulgarian | За да се даде остроумие на простите, знание и разсъждение на младежа, |
| Cebuano | Sa paghatag ug salabutan sa mga walay-pagtagad, Alang sa batan-ong lalake ang kahibalo ug kabuot: |
| Croatian | da se dade pamet neiskusnima, mladiæu znanje i umijeæe; |
| Danish | de skal give tankeløse Klogskab, ungdommen Kundskab og Kløgt; |
| Dutch | Om den slechten kloekzinnigheid te geven, den jongeling wetenschap en bedachtzaamheid. |
| Finnish | mielevyyden antamiseksi yksinkertaisille, tiedon ja taidollisuuden nuorille. |
| French | Pour donner aux simples du discernement, Au jeune homme de la connaissance et de la réflexion. |
| German | daß die Unverständigen klug und die Jünglinge vernünftig und vorsichtig werden. |
| Haitian Creole | Y'ap louvri lespri moun ki manke konprann, y'ap bay jenn gason yo konesans ak konprann. |
| Hungarian | Együgyûeknek eszesség, gyermeknek tudomány és meggondolás adására. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang yang tidak berpengalaman diajarnya sehingga mempunyai pikiran yang tajam, dan orang muda diajarnya menjadi orang yang pandai dan dapat berpikir secara dewasa. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Akan memberi cerdik kepada orang yang tulus, dan ilmu dan peri bijak kepada orang muda. |
| Italian | per dare agli inesperti l'accortezza, ai giovani conoscenza e riflessione. |
| Maori | Hei hoatu i te ngakau tupato ki nga kuware, i te matauranga, i te ngarahu pai ki te taitamariki; |
| Norwegian | de kan gi de enfoldige klokskap, de unge kunnskap og tenksomhet. |
| Portuguese | para se dar aos simples prudência, e aos jovens conhecimento e bom siso. |
| Rumanian | ca sq dea celor nekncercayi agerime de minte, tknqrului cunowtinyq wi chibzuinyq, - |
| Russian | ТПУФЩН "БФШ УНЩЫМЕОПУФШ, АОПЫЕ--ЪОБОЙЕ Й ТБУУХ"ЙФЕМШОПУФШ; |
| Swedish | De kunna giva åt de fåkunniga klokhet, åt den unge kunskap och eftertänksamhet. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words rhyming with "simple-minded" (pronounced 'Sim"ple-mind`ed'): Above-cited, Aforecited, Alike-minded, Antimoniureted, armor-plated, Arrowheaded, Arseniureted, Backhanded, baldheaded, Bank-sided, Barefooted, Barehanded, Beetle-headed, black-hearted, Blockheaded, Bluff-headed, Bristle-pointed, Broken-hearted, Broken-winded, Buckler-headed, Buffle-headed, Bullheaded, Carnal-minded, Cataphracted, Chicken-breasted, Chicken-hearted, Chuckleheaded, Clear-headed, Clear-sighted, Cleft-footed, Clodpated, Close-banded, Closefisted, Closehanded, Clubfisted, Clubfooted, Cold-blooded, Cold-hearted, Cool-headed, Cowhearted, Cross-banded, Dead-hearted, Deep-waisted, Fin-footed, flat-footed, Flat-headed, Flint-hearted, Forecited, forehanded, Forequoted. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: simpleminded. | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-i-i-l-m-m-n-p-s" | |
-3 letters: dislimned, middlemen, sidelined. | |
-4 letters: endemism, impended, midlines, mildened, sideline, spindled, splendid. | |
-5 letters: delimed, delimes, demised, depends, depside, dimpled, dimples, dindles, dislimn, dispend, enisled, ensiled, immense, impeded, impedes, impends, implied, implies, lindies, linseed, lipides, meddles, meinies, middens, middies, middles, midline, mildens, misdeed, misdeem, mispled, peddles, pensile, piddles, plenism, sidemen, slidden, slimmed, speiled, spieled, spindle. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-e-i-i-l-m-m-n-p-s" | |
+2 letters: simplemindedly. | |
+4 letters: simplemindedness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 69 6D 70 6C 65 2D 6D 69 6E 64 65 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101001 01101101 01110000 01101100 01100101 00101101 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S i m p l e - m i n d e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0069 006D 0070 006C 0065 002D 006D 0069 006E 0064 0065 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53757982787115797580707170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kiinalainen, 중국, китайский, китаец |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, 핀란", финский, tiếng Phần-lan |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , 한국, кореец, корейский, ชาวเกาหลี, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, venäläinen, 러시아, русский, ชาวรัสเซีย, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, thaimaalainen, 타이 말, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamilainen, 트남, вьетнамский, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, 영국, английский, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Bible Trace 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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