† presbyopyn.
Ophthalmology. Obsolete.
= presbyopia n. Also figurative.
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presbytia1654
long sight1737
longsightedness1748
presbyopia1767
far-sightedness1846
presbyopy1862
presbytism1863
hypermetropia1868
hyperopia1886
1862 R. Soule & W. A. Wheeler Man. Eng. Pronunc. & Spelling 338/2 Presbyopy.
1862 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 524/2 It often seems as if literary lecturers and historians were attacked by an æsthetic presbyopy.
1870 Herald & Torch Light (Hagerstown, Maryland) 20 Apr. (advt.) Presbyopy or presbytia, a condition of the vision common to old eyes.
1881 J. Le Conte Sight i. iii. 49 The remedy for presbyopy is the use of convex glasses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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