sand-blind (redirected from sandblindness)

sand-blind (sndblnd)

adj.

Having poor vision; partially blind.

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[Middle English, from Old English *smblind : sm-, half; see smi- in Indo-European roots + blind, blind; see blind.]

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sandblindness n.

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sand-blind

adj

not completely blind; partially able to see Compare stone-blind

[changed (through influence of sand) from Old English samblind (unattested), from sam- half, semi- + blind]

sand-blindness  n

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Adj.

1.

sand-blind - having greatly reduced vision         dim-sighted, near-blind, purblind, visually challenged, visually impaired blind, unsighted - unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan