† presbyten.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French presbyte.

Etymology: < French presbyte far-sighted person (1694; 1690 as †presbite ) < post-classical Latin presbyta or its etymon ancient Greek πρεσβύτης (see presbyta n., and compare discussion at that entry). Compare earlier presbyta n.

Obsolete. rare.

= presbyope n.

ΘΚΠ

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

presbyta1670

presbyope1746

presbyte1826

hypermetrope1864

presbyopic1864

1826 J. Farrar Experimental Treat. Optics 55 Some persons cannot distinguish objects placed at so small a distance; and, on the contrary, there are others to whom this distance is only two to three inches. The latter are called myopes, or shortsighted persons, and the former presbytes or longsighted.

1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Presbyte, one who sees objects only at a distance; a long-sighted person.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	presbyte
释义	† presbyten. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French presbyte. Etymology: < French presbyte far-sighted person (1694; 1690 as †presbite ) < post-classical Latin presbyta or its etymon ancient Greek πρεσβύτης (see presbyta n., and compare discussion at that entry). Compare earlier presbyta n. Obsolete. rare. = presbyope n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > long-sightedness > person presbyta1670 presbyope1746 presbyte1826 hypermetrope1864 presbyopic1864 1826 J. Farrar Experimental Treat. Optics 55 Some persons cannot distinguish objects placed at so small a distance; and, on the contrary, there are others to whom this distance is only two to three inches. The latter are called myopes, or shortsighted persons, and the former presbytes or longsighted. 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Presbyte, one who sees objects only at a distance; a long-sighted person.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1826
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