ˈbase-ˈminded, a.
[f. base a. 9, 16.]
Having a base mind; = base a. 9. Hence base-mindedly = basely 4; base-mindedness = baseness 4.
| 1586 Queen Elizabeth in Ellis Orig. Lett. i. 225 III. 23, I am not so baceminded that feare of any livinge..prince shoulde make me afrayde. 1614 Selden Titles Hon. 62 Base-minded Jewes, with acclamations, affirmed Herod Agrippa..a Deitie. 1792 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 4/1 To deter base-minded persons from such shocking enormities. |
| b. 1599 Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 160 A timorous base mindednesse and abjectnesse. 1627 Bp. Hall Heav. vpon Earth iv. 76 To whom repentance seems base-mindednesse. |