Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dominated by a single idea; riding a hobby.
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Examples
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Tariff Reform is not one-ideaed, rigid, inelastic, as our existing system is.
Constructive Imperialism Viscount Milner
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He was like a one-ideaed child, his whole being comprised in his ability, and ambition to play his
Average Jones Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914
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"It matters more that my son should not be damned," she answered him, and with that answer left him weapon-less, for against the armour of a crassness so dense and one-ideaed there are no weapons that can prevail.
The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Rafael Sabatini 1912
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Constable Nute was a rather direct and one-ideaed person.
The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900
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I was a one-ideaed man, and a one-ideaed man is only one remove from a dead man.
A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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She had expressed the only conviction that was possible to her one-ideaed soul.
Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891
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"You kin drive de coach," blurted the one-ideaed Robelia.
The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884
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It is because you cannot make single one-ideaed regiments of her classes.
Memories and Studies William James 1876
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Great heroes and great lovers are invariably one-ideaed men, and Jeff was at that moment both.
Jeff Briggs's Love Story Bret Harte 1869
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A single shot from a trained hand and one-ideaed intellect settled the blacksmith's business, and temporarily ended this Iliad!
Jeff Briggs's Love Story Bret Harte 1869
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