myopian.

Brit.

/mʌɪˈəʊpɪə/, U.S.

/maɪˈoʊpiə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin myopia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin myopia (10th cent. in a translation of the Byzantine Greek medical writer Paulus Aegineta (7th cent.)) < Byzantine Greek μυωπία (see note) < ancient Greek μύωπ- , μύωψ myops n. + -ία -ia suffix¹. Compare French myopie (1650 in sense 1, 1801 in sense 2).Byzantine Greek μυωπία is recorded in a title, περὶ μυωπίας, in Aëtius (6th cent.); Galen uses Hellenistic Greek μυωπίασις in the sense ‘short sightedness’.

1. Inability to see distant objects clearly; a refractive condition in which the image of distant objects is focused in front of, rather than on, the retina; short-sightedness, near-sightedness. Also as a count noun.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > short-sightedness

myopia1654

near-sightedness1811

near sight1818

myopism1822

short sight1822

myopy1854

mope-eye1892

1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. iii. 162 The most common Diminutions of Sight, and those that may best expect relief from Dioptrical Aphorisms, and the use of Glasses; are only Two: Presbytia, and Myopia.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Myopia is owing to the too great Convexity of the Ball of the Eye.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 141 The structure of his eyes..being naturally such as to dispose him to myopia.

1895 I. Zangwill Master iii. ii. 294 There's money in myopia and diseases of the eye generally.

1946 S. J. Perelman Keep it Crisp 231 The tender raillery in her eyes was actually pseudoblepsis, a form of myopia.

1970 L. Deighton Bomber (1972) iv. 56 The man's eyes flickered short-sightedly behind his spectacles and yet Löwenherz wondered whether this myopia..was a ruse.

1990 Lancet 26 May 1283/2 Lately, laser speckle optometry and dark retinoscopy have been used to measure the degree of myopia.

2000 Seminars Ophthalmol. 15 122 For the intermediate myopias the surgical technique has to be decided from patient to patient.

2. figurative. Lack of imagination, foresight, or intellectual insight.

ΘΚΠ

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

1801 C. Smith Lett. Solitary Wanderer I. 280 Those who have what you justly called the myopia of the mind.

1891 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table (new ed.) Pref. p. viii The kind of partial blindness which belongs to intellectual myopia.

1923 Public Opinion 8 June 542/3 The bane of cancer research has been its monocular myopia.

1963 M. L. King Strength to Love iii. 19 A spiritual myopia limits our vision to external accidents.

1997 Nation 7 July 20/2 It is..myopia that leads many Westerners to underestimate how humiliating the virtual recolonialization of Africa by the aid agencies has been.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	myopia
释义	myopian. Brit. /mʌɪˈəʊpɪə/, U.S. /maɪˈoʊpiə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin myopia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin myopia (10th cent. in a translation of the Byzantine Greek medical writer Paulus Aegineta (7th cent.)) < Byzantine Greek μυωπία (see note) < ancient Greek μύωπ- , μύωψ myops n. + -ία -ia suffix¹. Compare French myopie (1650 in sense 1, 1801 in sense 2).Byzantine Greek μυωπία is recorded in a title, περὶ μυωπίας, in Aëtius (6th cent.); Galen uses Hellenistic Greek μυωπίασις in the sense ‘short sightedness’. 1. Inability to see distant objects clearly; a refractive condition in which the image of distant objects is focused in front of, rather than on, the retina; short-sightedness, near-sightedness. Also as a count noun. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > short-sightedness myopia1654 near-sightedness1811 near sight1818 myopism1822 short sight1822 myopy1854 mope-eye1892 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. iii. 162 The most common Diminutions of Sight, and those that may best expect relief from Dioptrical Aphorisms, and the use of Glasses; are only Two: Presbytia, and Myopia. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Myopia is owing to the too great Convexity of the Ball of the Eye. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 141 The structure of his eyes..being naturally such as to dispose him to myopia. 1895 I. Zangwill Master iii. ii. 294 There's money in myopia and diseases of the eye generally. 1946 S. J. Perelman Keep it Crisp 231 The tender raillery in her eyes was actually pseudoblepsis, a form of myopia. 1970 L. Deighton Bomber (1972) iv. 56 The man's eyes flickered short-sightedly behind his spectacles and yet Löwenherz wondered whether this myopia..was a ruse. 1990 Lancet 26 May 1283/2 Lately, laser speckle optometry and dark retinoscopy have been used to measure the degree of myopia. 2000 Seminars Ophthalmol. 15 122 For the intermediate myopias the surgical technique has to be decided from patient to patient. 2. figurative. Lack of imagination, foresight, or intellectual insight. ΘΚΠ 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 1801 C. Smith Lett. Solitary Wanderer I. 280 Those who have what you justly called the myopia of the mind. 1891 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table (new ed.) Pref. p. viii The kind of partial blindness which belongs to intellectual myopia. 1923 Public Opinion 8 June 542/3 The bane of cancer research has been its monocular myopia. 1963 M. L. King Strength to Love iii. 19 A spiritual myopia limits our vision to external accidents. 1997 Nation 7 July 20/2 It is..myopia that leads many Westerners to underestimate how humiliating the virtual recolonialization of Africa by the aid agencies has been. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1654
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