snow-blindadj.

Forms: Also snowblind.

Etymology: < snow n.¹ Compare Dutch sneeuw-, German schnee-, Danish sne-, Swedish snöblind.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnow-blind.

Having the eyes or sight affected by exposure to the glare of snow. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > affected by snow

snow-blind1748

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind > snow-blind

snow-blind1748

snow-blinded1845

1748 H. Ellis Voy. Hudson's-Bay 189 [Indians] frequently become Snow-blind in the Spring of the Year.

1865 Times 5 Feb. When the day at length dawned there was a thick fog, and I was rapidly becoming snow-blind.

1896 Harper's Mag. Apr. 728/2 Every man in the party but myself was more or less severely snow-blind.

1946 D. Thomas Deaths & Entrances 26 It is a winter's tale That the snow blind twilight ferries over the lakes.

Derivatives

snow-blinded adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind > snow-blind

snow-blind1748

snow-blinded1845

1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 230 As tired wanderer, snow-blinded, sinks And swoons upon the swelling drift.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	snow-blind
释义	snow-blindadj. Forms: Also snowblind. Etymology: < snow n.¹ Compare Dutch sneeuw-, German schnee-, Danish sne-, Swedish snöblind.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnow-blind. Having the eyes or sight affected by exposure to the glare of snow. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > affected by snow snow-blind1748 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind > snow-blind snow-blind1748 snow-blinded1845 1748 H. Ellis Voy. Hudson's-Bay 189 [Indians] frequently become Snow-blind in the Spring of the Year. 1865 Times 5 Feb. When the day at length dawned there was a thick fog, and I was rapidly becoming snow-blind. 1896 Harper's Mag. Apr. 728/2 Every man in the party but myself was more or less severely snow-blind. 1946 D. Thomas Deaths & Entrances 26 It is a winter's tale That the snow blind twilight ferries over the lakes. Derivatives snow-blinded adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind > snow-blind snow-blind1748 snow-blinded1845 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 230 As tired wanderer, snow-blinded, sinks And swoons upon the swelling drift. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1748
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