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English
Noun
frame of mind (plural frames of mind)
- Alternative form of state of mind
1640, Edward Reynolds, A Treatise of the Passions and Facvlties of the Soule of Man, page 284:[A] Tumultuary and distracted frame of Mind, not knowing which way to take, to be amongst the kinds of this passion of Feare.
1951 September, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 623:Some time ago I was on the footplate of an engine fresh from the shops after overhaul, and the combined efforts of driver and fireman were needed to open and close the regulator. Needless to say, the men were not in a very happy frame of mind."
1989, Steven Soderbergh, Sex, Lies, and Videotape:Graham (James Spader): Because I don't think it's a choice that you'd make in a normal frame of mind. / Ann (Andie MacDowell): And what would you know about a normal frame of mind?
2011, Phil McNulty, “Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England”, in BBC Sport:Fabio Capello insisted Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise.