short sightn.
a. The defect of sight by which only near objects are seen distinctly; myopia.
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myopia1654
near-sightedness1811
near sight1818
myopism1822
short sight1822
myopy1854
mope-eye1892
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 208 Paropsis propinqua. Short sight. Vision only accurate when the object is near.
1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight vi. 79 Dr. Cohn, of Breslau,..found the percentage of short-sight increasing from year to year.
b. figurative.
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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
a1888 H. D. Rawnsley in W. Knight Shairp & Friends 384 Invective against the modern shortsight of commercial utilitarianism.
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