filmedadj.
/fɪlmd/, U.S. /fɪlmd/ 1. † a. Having an insubstantial gauzy appearance; (also) consisting of fine threads. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > the universe > sun > [adjective] > covered with film
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a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) sig. Ev My hand shall fanne your eyes, like the film'd winge Of drowsie morpheus.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cxci, in Poems (1878) IV. 148 Soe the Autumnall Gossamere..knitts the Sun, (within his narrow film'd Cordage) to all his wealth.
b. Esp. of the eyes: covered with a film. Cf. film n. 2a.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > dim
filmed1637
hazy1818
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > indistinct
dimc1000
blinda1398
undistingued1398
obscure?a1450
undistinct1495
shadowed1588
undistinguishable1600
shady1626
blear1637
filmed1637
indistinguishable1642
crepusculous1646
adumbrated1650
oblite1650
faint1660
monogrammous1678
blurred1701
faintish1712
wispya1717
adumbrant1727
muzzy1744
indistinct1764
fuzzy1778
misty1797
shadowy1797
undistinguished1814
woolly1815
vague1822
furzy1825
mystified1833
slurred1843
feeble1860
smudginga1861
filmy1864
smudgy1865
blurry1884
slurry1937
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [adjective] > film or web
webbeda1500
filmed1637
filmy1642
horn-eyed1838
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [adjective] > with a thin coating
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1637 T. Nabbes Microcosmus iv. E iij Colours do not take My filmed eyes.
1724 J. Lewis Specimen of Errors in Mr. Collier's Eccl. Hist. 14 The King and Parliament could, it seems, see the inconsistency between the two Oaths, tho' Mr. Collier's filmed eyes cannot.
1792 R. Cumberland Calvary vi. 205 Upon the summit stood the Angel troop Of Mammon seen, though to man's filmed eye invisible.
1843 Universalist Union 24 June 509 The once beating heart was still, and the glassy and filmed eyes were closed in death.
1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iv. iii. 151 Wash thine filmed eyes And look around thee.
1934 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 10 Nov. 10/5 The birds alighting on the water filmed with oil are doomed.
1988 M. Marcus Pages from Scrapbook of Immigrants 106 Expressionless, both eyes filmed and white, She drags herself toward him.
2004 E. Van Lustbader Mistress of Pearl 563 She looked at Riane with her grey, filmed eyes.
2. Captured or recorded on film or (in later use) on videotape or in digital form; that has been filmed (see film v. 3a).
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1913 Eng. Jrnl. 2 658 Clear, convincing motivation is indispensable to the moving-picture story, and the filmed story presents it with a directness and..bareness.
1919 Fire & Water Engin. 9 Apr. 823/1 Actual and filmed scenes were presented to an audience of 4,000 people depicting various ways in which accidents occur.
1955 P. Chayefsky Author's Note to ‘Big Deal’ in Television Plays 128 The present crop of live hour shows are far superior to filmed dramas.
1988 K. H. Jamieson & D. S. Birdsell Presidential Deb. 108 After his [sc. Eisenhower's] heart attack in 1956, filmed press conferences were employed to demonstrate that he was sound in both mind and body.
2012 MailOnline (Nexis) 8 May Filmed reconstructions of what would have happened if the bomb had exploded were chilling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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