mind's ear
/maɪndz‿ˈɪəɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The mental faculty or inner sense with which one produces or reproduces imagined or recalled sounds solely within the mind; the supposed organ within the mind which experiences such sounds.
Example Sentences
- "The thinking Sculpture helps to raiſe / Deep thoughts, the Genii of the place: / To the minds ear, and invvard ſight, / There ſilence ſpeaks, and ſhade gives light: […]"
- "But, enough of this ſubject; for your angry voice at Aſhbourne upon it, ſtill ſounds avveful 'in my mind's ears.'"
- ""I must read Shakspeare [i.e., William Shakespeare]?" / "You must have his spirit before you; you must hear his voice with your mind's ear; you must take some of his soul into yours.""
- "[K]eep our thoughts from wandering, open our minds' ears to hear, open our mouths to sing thy praises, let us not trifle in thy house, but ever remember "thou God seest me.""
- "Even now I have in my mind's ears the merry gibe of some young rogue of a reader, […]"
- "The likeness of the great bass horn remained upon the retina of his mind's eye, losing nothing of its brazen enormity with the passing of hours, nor abating, in his mind's ear, one whit of its fascinating blatancy."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /maɪndz‿ˈɪəɹ/
- British English: /maɪndz‿ˈɪə/