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单词 caliginosity
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caliginosityn.

Etymology: Formed as if < Latin *cālīginōsitas, < cālīginōsus : see caliginous adj. and -ity suffix; compare French caliginosité.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: caligiˈnosity.
archaic.
Dimness of sight.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > dimness or poor vision
dimnessc825
misteOE
mistinessa1382
scotomiaa1400
scotomya1400
obfuscation?a1425
scotoma1543
purblindness1552
sand-blindness1552
caligation1615
caliginousness1620
weak-sightedness1632
cecutiency1646
caliginosity1657
dimsightedness1662
dim1726
caligo1801
asthenopia1875
greying out?1942
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Xx2v [Eyebright] takes away caliginosity, and cures all pituitous diseases.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxvii. 118 I prefer a cheerful caliginosity, as Sir Thomas Browne might say.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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