blindnessn.
/ˈblʌɪndnɪs/ 1. Blind condition; want of sight.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > blindness
blindnessc1000
blindheada1340
darknessa1382
unsightc1412
stone-blindc1500
cecity1528
ablepsy1616
anopsy1646
invision1646
anopsia1842
sightlessness1847
stone-blindness1868
c1000 Ælfric Deut. xxviii. 28 Sende þe Drihten on..blindnysse, þæt þu gropie on midne dæg.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vi. xxiv. 213 Blyndenesse is pryuacyon of syghte.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20957 A jugelur wit blindnes he [sc. Paul] smat.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 40 Blyndnesse, cecitas.
1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxviii. 28 The Lord shall smite thee with madnesse and blindnesse . View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 196 That which was the worst now least afflicts me, Blindness . View more context for this quotation
1859 D. Masson Life Milton I. 717 Galileo's blindness had become total.
2. figurative. Want of intellectual or moral perception; delusion, ignorance; folly, recklessness.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [noun]
thesterc897
blindness971
obscurationa1550
twilight1610
ablepsy1616
obcaecationa1631
mind-blindness1649
blear-eyedness1653
short-sightedness1670
blearedness1678
crassitude1679
myopia1801
purblindness1834
bat-mindedness1869
myopism1880
short sighta1888
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [noun]
thesterc897
blindness971
theosterleykc1000
darkness?c1425
offuscation1502
obscurationa1550
Cimmerianism1630
benightment1651
blindfoldedness1863
benightedness1865
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun] > lack of
blindness971
darkness?c1425
darkishness1583
benightment1651
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > rashness or recklessness
recklessnessOE
resec1275
outragea1387
rechelesshipc1390
wantonnessc1390
hastivessa1393
recklesslaika1400
racklenessc1405
recklessheadc1410
headiness1447
temerity?a1475
lavishness1477
hastivitya1500
rashnessa1500
Ate1587
temerousness1598
temeritude1623
wretchlessness1625
hare-brainedness1656
rantum-scantum1695
temerariousness1711
blindness1796
devil-may-carishness1829
devil-may-careness1834
devil-may-care1836
rattle-brain1838
devil-may-careism1841
bullheadedness1858
harum-scarumness1863
madcappery1905
971 Blickl. Hom. 23 Þæt we ongyton þa blindnesse ure ælþeodignesse.
a1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. (1866) 19 A nakede mynde..of Ihesu..withowtten lyghte of knawynge in resoune, es bot a blyndnes.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQQviiiv Tempestes of disperacion or blyndnesse of mynde.
1611 Bible (King James) Rom. xi. 25 Blindnesse in part is happened to Israel. View more context for this quotation
1796 Bp. R. Watson Apol. for Bible 209 The blindness of your rage.
1847 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (new ed.) Pref. p. xi A host of petty jealousies, blindnesses, and prejudices.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun]
hiding?c1225
heelinga1250
hidea1300
hillinga1300
coverturec1374
tapinage1390
concealing1421
hodymokec1450
occultation1453
concelising1492
blindnessa1616
concealmenta1616
shrouding1615
back-hood1621
absconsion1649
screening1651
obvelation1664
muffling1788
tucking1810
smokescreening1922
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 8 Muffle your false loue with some shew of blindnesse . View more context for this quotation
4. Of a plant: abortiveness.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [noun] > lack of fruitfulness or sterility
sterility1837
infructuosity1859
blindness1921
1921 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Feb. 130/3 The Frit Fly, which produces blindness in oats.
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