visionlessadj.
/ˈvɪʒnləs/, U.S. /ˈvɪʒənləs/ 1. Destitute of vision; sightless, blind.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind
star-blindeOE
bissonc950
blind-bornc975
blindc1000
darkOE
purblinda1325
sightlessa1325
start blinda1387
stark blinda1425
stone-blindc1480
beetle-blind1556
beetle1566
eyeless?1570
purblinded1572
high-gravel-blind1600
not-seeing?1602
kind-blind1608
bat-blind1609
unseeing1609
blindful1621
winking-eyed1621
lamplessa1625
deocular1632
lightless1638
bat-eyed1656
stock-blind1675
duncha1692
gazelessa1819
visionlessa1821
blind-eyed1887
stone-eyed1890
unsighted1983
a1821 J. Keats Hyperion (new ed.) 13 in Misc. Philobiblon Soc. (1856–7) III Half-closed, and visionless entire they seem'd Of all external things.
1848 E. Cook Song for Dog iv Tis my Dog that I trust to,..And he ministers well to my visionless eyes.
1874 G. MacDonald Malcolm III. xxii. 294 Her eyes rolled stupid and visionless.
2. Having no vision of unseen things; devoid of higher insight or inspiration.
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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 > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [adjective]
positive1594
literal1633
unprojecting1647
pounds, shillings, and pence?1650
matter of fact1712
unvisionary1794
unimaginative1814
literalist1838
literal-mindeda1849
visionless1856
realistic1862
terre-à-terre1888
pragmatical1896
illusionless1897
cookie cutter1922
down to earth1922
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. x. ii. Notes 316 Theresa might, in the abstract, rate the visionless altitude above the valley of vision.
1859 S. Wilberforce Addr. Ordination ix. 182 The hindrances to our delivering simply our message may lead us to suppress or tamper with it until we become visionless and dumb.
1891 N. Loraine Battle of Belief 181 His cheerless, shoreless, visionless system of negations.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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