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mindful

adj
/ˈmaɪnd.fl̩/

Etymology

From Middle English myndeful, myndefull, from Old English ġemyndful (“of good memory”), equivalent to mind + -ful.

  1. inherited from ġemyndful — “of good memory”
  2. inherited from myndeful

Definitions

  1. aware (of something)

    aware (of something); attentive, heedful.

    • 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. Of or pertaining to mindfulness

    Of or pertaining to mindfulness; sustaining meta-attention of the contents of one's own mind in the present moment.

    • I think being mindful may help you to appreciate life more.

  3. Inclined (to do something).

    • These noble warriors, mindefull to pursew / The last daies purpose of their vowed fight, / Them selves thereto preparde in order dew […].
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. As much as can be held in one's mind at a time.

      • A work of art may exceed a 'mindful' – whatever it is that can be accommodated within a mind at a given time – and may have to be regarded as a series of mindfuls.
      • So, whereas mouthfuls and servings are the units of fullness, mindfuls and savorings are the units of mind-fullness.
      • A sketch can hold several mindfuls, allowing designers to see far more than they can imagine, allowing designers to integrate mindfuls.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at mindful. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01mindful02aware03difficulty04achievement05funeral06memorial07remembered08remember

A definitional loop anchored at mindful. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at mindful

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA