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blindness

noun
/ˈblaɪndnəs/

Etymology

From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind + -ness.

  1. inherited from blindnes — “blindness”
  2. inherited from blyndnes

Definitions

  1. The condition of being blind

    The condition of being blind; unable to see.

    • DHPG […] is effective in fighting Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus which, for PWAs, can cause CMV retinitis — a condition which can lead to blindness within weeks.

  2. Want of intellectual or moral discernment

    Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness.

  3. concealment

The neighborhood

Derived

ad blindness, banner blindness, color-blindness, colour-blindness, colour blindness, color blindness, day blindness, day-blindness, deafblindness, deaf-blindness, domestic blindness, face blindness, fire blindness, hysterical blindness, inattentional blindness, legal blindness, letter blindness, moon blindness, motion blindness, night blindness, nose blindness, perceptual blindness, place blindness, race blindness, race-blindness, red-green color blindness, river blindness, smell blindness, snow blindness, snow-blindness, stereoblindness, time-blindness, voice blindness, willful blindness, word-blindness, word blindness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for blindness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA