twi-minded

English

Alternative forms
  • twiminded

Etymology

From twi- (“double”) +‎ minded.

Adjective

twi-minded (comparative more twi-minded, superlative most twi-minded)

  1. (poetic) Double-minded; uncertain; doubtful.
    • 1975, Claremont Center for Process Studies, Process studies - Volumes 5-6 - Page 126:
      Stapledon refers to Star Maker as "twiminded" (SM 419) and speaks of his "twimindedness" (SM 420).
    • 1997, John Hollander, The Work of Poetry:
      And the final stanza: Meanwhile on him, her chief Expression, her great word of life, looks she; Twi-minded of him, as the waxing tree, Or dated leaf.
    • 2009, Olaf Stapledon, Worlds of Wonder:
      Thus in assessing the occasion when he had shockingly burnt his hand the rear-gunner was twi-minded about it.

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