twi-minded

adj

twi-minded

adj

Etymology From twi- (“double”) + minded.

1

Poetic Double-minded; uncertain; doubtful.

  • Stapledon refers to Star Maker as "twiminded" (SM 419) and speaks of his "twimindedness" (SM 420).1975, Claremont Center for Process Studies, Process studies - Volumes 5-6 - Page 126:
  • 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.1997, John Hollander, The Work of Poetry:
1 more example
  • Thus in assessing the occasion when he had shockingly burnt his hand the rear-gunner was twi-minded about it.2009, Olaf Stapledon, Worlds of Wonder:
Derived terms
twi-mindedness

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