cecityn.

/ˈsiːsɪti/

Forms: Also 1500s cecite, cecitie, 1500s–1800s cæcity.

Etymology: < Latin caecitās, < caecus blind; compare French cécité . See -ity suffix.

archaic.

Blindness. (Usually figurative.)

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > blindness

blindnessc1000

blindheada1340

darknessa1382

unsightc1412

stone-blindc1500

cecity1528

ablepsy1616

anopsy1646

invision1646

anopsia1842

sightlessness1847

stone-blindness1868

1528 W. Roy Satire against Cardinal Wolsey (1845) To leade men in blynde cecite.

a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Pride (1612) 8 Vnreasonable cecitie and blindnesse.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 197 The cecity of superstition.

1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 63 64 His cecity was perhaps no absolute impediment to the discharge of his pastoral duties.

1882 M. Arnold Ode Westm. Abbey After light's term, a term of cecity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cecity
释义	cecityn. /ˈsiːsɪti/ Forms: Also 1500s cecite, cecitie, 1500s–1800s cæcity. Etymology: < Latin caecitās, < caecus blind; compare French cécité . See -ity suffix. archaic. Blindness. (Usually figurative.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > blindness blindnessc1000 blindheada1340 darknessa1382 unsightc1412 stone-blindc1500 cecity1528 ablepsy1616 anopsy1646 invision1646 anopsia1842 sightlessness1847 stone-blindness1868 1528 W. Roy Satire against Cardinal Wolsey (1845) To leade men in blynde cecite. a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Pride (1612) 8 Vnreasonable cecitie and blindnesse. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 197 The cecity of superstition. 1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 63 64 His cecity was perhaps no absolute impediment to the discharge of his pastoral duties. 1882 M. Arnold Ode Westm. Abbey After light's term, a term of cecity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1528
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