blindedadj.
/ˈblʌɪndɪd/ 1. Made blind, deprived of sight or light.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind > blinded
excecate?1520
excecated?1550
blinded1595
struck-blind?1611
bissoneda1640
occaecated1661
1595 Mourning Muse Thestylis in E. Spenser Astrophel sig. H1 The blinded archer-boy.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 198 Each eye..In blinded slumber closes.
2. figurative. Having the understanding darkened; deluded; deceived, benighted, foolish.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [adjective]
thestera900
thestria900
blindc1000
blindfoldc1450
blinkard?1528
purblind1533
blinded1535
blear-eyed1561
obcaecate1568
unilluminated1579
fonda1592
blear-witted1600
short-sighted1622
baby-blind1627
obcaecated1641
misty-brained1649
twilighta1677
blindfolded1730
short-sighted1736
unpliable1769
misty1820
myopical1830
visionless1856
myopic1891
blinkered1897
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [adjective]
thestera900
thestria900
blindc1000
darkc1350
lightless?1406
obscurea1500
mistya1522
blinded1535
unilluminated1579
unlightened1587
stone-blind1596
endarkened1612
dark1628
benighted1637
unenlightened1650
bedarkened1655
unirradiated1792
darkened1856
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Num. xiv. F They were blynded to go vp to the toppe of the mountaine.
1558 J. Knox First Blast against Monstruous Regiment Women f. 52v The approbation and consent of a blinded multitude.
1658 R. Baxter Call to Unconverted Pref. sig. B9 Thou art a blinded Atheist.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. i. 24 The blinded Papists.
3. With the window-blinds drawn down.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [adjective] > having (drawn) blinds
blinded1709
1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 120. ⁋5 I found the Windows were blinded.
1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind xxx. 267 The drawing-room is left blinded and tenantless.
4. Provided with blindages.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [adjective] > having shield for gunners
blinded1877
1877 Daily News 22 Oct. 6/1 Its summit was surrounded with breastworks, ditches, rifle-pits, and blinded batteries.
1884 C. G. Gordon Let. 24 Aug. in Standard 24 Feb. (1885) 5/7 Our steamers are blinded and bullet-proof.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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adj.1535