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blindness|ˈblaɪndnɪs|
[f. blind a. + -ness.]
1. Blind condition; want of sight.
c1000ælfric Deut. xxviii. 28 Sende þe Drihten on..blindnysse, þæt þu gropie on midne dæᵹ. a1300Cursor M. 20957 A jugelur wit blindnes he [Paul] smat. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vi. xxiv. (1495) 213 Blyndenesse is pryuacyon of syghte. c1440Promp. Parv. 40 Blyndnesse, cecitas. 1611Bible Deut. xxviii. 28 The Lord shall smite thee with madnesse and blindnesse. 1671Milton Samson 196 That which was the worst now least afflicts me, Blindness. 1859Masson Milton I. 717 Galileo's blindness had become total.
2. fig. Want of intellectual or moral perception; delusion, ignorance; folly, recklessness.
971Blickl. Hom. 23 Þæt we onᵹyton þa blindnesse ure ælþeodiᵹnesse. a1340Hampole Prose Tr. (1866) 19 A nakede mynde..of Ihesu..withowtten lyghte of knawynge in resoune, es bot a blyndnes. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 243 b, Tempestes of desperacyon or blyndnes of mynde. 1611Bible Rom. xi. 25 Blindnesse in part is happened to Israel. 1796Bp. Watson Apol. Bible 209 The blindness of your rage. 1837Dickens Pickw. (1847) Pref. 11 A host of petty jealousies, blindnesses, and prejudices.
†3. transf. Concealment. Obs. rare.
1590Shakes. Com. Err. iii. ii. 8 Muffle your false loue with some shew of blindnesse.
4. Of a plant: abortiveness.
1921Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Feb. 130/3 The Frit Fly, which produces blindness in oats. |