dim-sightedadj.

Forms: see dim adj., n.¹, and adv. and sighted adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dim adj., sighted adj.

Etymology: < dim adj. + sighted adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdim-ˌsighted.

Having dim sight (literal and figurative).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > having dimness or poor vision

darkOE

dima1220

bissona1250

murka1300

mistedc1450

obfuscatec1487

spurblind1508

sand-blind1538

dim-sighted1561

blinking1568

dimmed1590

weak-sighteda1591

purblind1592

sand-eyed1592

thick-eyed1598

left-eyed1609

mole-eyed1610

blindish1611

mole-sighted1625

sanded1629

veiled1633

weak-eyed1645

scotomatical1656

mole-blinda1660

swimming1697

wavering1842

foggy1847

scotomatous1866

clouding1868

wall-eyed1873

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 11^v Olde men..or they whose eyes are dimm sighted.

1679 W. Bedloe Narr. Horrid Popish Plot Epist. sig. A2^v They are very dim-sighted that cannot see through such Impostures.

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 230 Our dim-sighted politicians.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxix. 100 Mr. Chester was not the kind of man to be..dim-sighted to Mr. Willet's motives.

1887 Spectator 20 Aug. 1116 When the dog gets old and dim-sighted.

Derivatives

ˌdimˈsightedness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > dimness or poor vision

dimnessc825

misteOE

mistinessa1382

scotomiaa1400

scotomya1400

obfuscation?a1425

scotoma1543

purblindness1552

sand-blindness1552

caligation1615

caliginousness1620

weak-sightedness1632

cecutiency1646

caliginosity1657

dimsightedness1662

dim1726

caligo1801

asthenopia1875

greying out?1942

1662 E. Hickeringill Wks. (1716) I. 278 It may seem cross to us..through our short and dimsightedness.

1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 83 If a veil interposes between the dim-sightedness of man and his future calamities.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	dim-sighted
释义	dim-sightedadj. Forms: see dim adj., n.¹, and adv. and sighted adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dim adj., sighted adj. Etymology: < dim adj. + sighted adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdim-ˌsighted. Having dim sight (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > having dimness or poor vision darkOE dima1220 bissona1250 murka1300 mistedc1450 obfuscatec1487 spurblind1508 sand-blind1538 dim-sighted1561 blinking1568 dimmed1590 weak-sighteda1591 purblind1592 sand-eyed1592 thick-eyed1598 left-eyed1609 mole-eyed1610 blindish1611 mole-sighted1625 sanded1629 veiled1633 weak-eyed1645 scotomatical1656 mole-blinda1660 swimming1697 wavering1842 foggy1847 scotomatous1866 clouding1868 wall-eyed1873 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 11^v Olde men..or they whose eyes are dimm sighted. 1679 W. Bedloe Narr. Horrid Popish Plot Epist. sig. A2^v They are very dim-sighted that cannot see through such Impostures. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 230 Our dim-sighted politicians. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxix. 100 Mr. Chester was not the kind of man to be..dim-sighted to Mr. Willet's motives. 1887 Spectator 20 Aug. 1116 When the dog gets old and dim-sighted. Derivatives ˌdimˈsightedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > dimness or poor vision dimnessc825 misteOE mistinessa1382 scotomiaa1400 scotomya1400 obfuscation?a1425 scotoma1543 purblindness1552 sand-blindness1552 caligation1615 caliginousness1620 weak-sightedness1632 cecutiency1646 caliginosity1657 dimsightedness1662 dim1726 caligo1801 asthenopia1875 greying out?1942 1662 E. Hickeringill Wks. (1716) I. 278 It may seem cross to us..through our short and dimsightedness. 1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 83 If a veil interposes between the dim-sightedness of man and his future calamities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1561
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