† thestriadj.
Obsolete.
Dark (literal and figurative); = thester adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [adjective]
thestera900
thestria900
blindc1000
blindfoldc1450
blinkard?1528
purblind1533
blinded1535
blear-eyed1561
obcaecate1568
unilluminated1579
fonda1592
blear-witted1600
short-sighted1622
baby-blind1627
obcaecated1641
misty-brained1649
twilighta1677
blindfolded1730
short-sighted1736
unpliable1769
misty1820
myopical1830
visionless1856
myopic1891
blinkered1897
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective]
duneOE
thestera900
thestria900
wana1000
darkfulOE
fadec1290
obscurousa1492
black-faced1562
murkyc1590
gloomy1594
tenebrous1599
solemn1604
overcast1616
mungy1632
shady1746
sombrous1754
sombre1760
gloomyish1821
gloomfula1849
ebonine1881
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [adjective]
thestera900
thestria900
blindc1000
darkc1350
lightless?1406
obscurea1500
mistya1522
blinded1535
unilluminated1579
unlightened1587
stone-blind1596
endarkened1612
dark1628
benighted1637
unenlightened1650
bedarkened1655
unirradiated1792
darkened1856
a900 Wærferth tr. Gregory's Dial. (1900) 76 Þonne bið þin lichama eall þystrig.
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark viii. 17 Ðiostrig..gie habbað hearta iuer.
a1240 Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 200 Aliht mine þeostri heorte.
c1325 Body & Soul in Map's Poems (Camden) 346 In a thestri stude y stod.
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adj.a900- widerolling
- wideroomed
- widerow
- wides
- widescale
- widescreen
- widescreen television
- widescreen television set
- widescreen tv
- widescrithel
- wideshouldered
- wideside
- wideskirted
- widesleeved
- widespaced
- widespectrum
- widespread
- widespreaded
- widespreading
- widespreadly
- widest
- widestretched
- widestretching
- widesweeping
- widethroated