Ear-minded

Ear´-mind´ed


a.1.(Physiol. Psychol.) Thinking chiefly or most readily through, or in terms related to, the sense of hearing; specif., thinking words as spoken, as a result of familiarity with speech or of mental peculiarity; - opposed to eye-minded.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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