sand-blind

[ sand-blahynd ]

adjective
  1. partially blind; dim-sighted.

Origin of sand-blind

1
1350–1400; Middle English; alteration (assimilated to sand) of Old English *samblind half-blind, equivalent to sam- half- (akin to semi-) + blindblind

Other words from sand-blind

  • sandblindness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for sand-blind

sand-blind

adjective
  1. not completely blind; partially able to see: Compare stone-blind

Origin of sand-blind

1
C15: changed (through influence of sand) from Old English samblind (unattested), from sam- half, semi- + blind

Derived forms of sand-blind

  • sand-blindness, noun

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