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Roget-categorie 442

3. Words relating to matter
3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#442. Blindness

zelfstandig naamwoord

blindness, cecity, excecation, amaurosis, cataract, ablepsy, ablepsia, prestrictiondim-sightedness etc. 443Braille, Braille-typeguttaserena (drop serene), noctograph, teichopsia.

werkwoord

be blind etc. adj. — not seelose sight ofhave the eyes bandagedgrope in the dark.
not lookclose the eyes, shut the eyes-, turn away the eyes, avert the eyeslook another waywink etc. (limited vision) 443shut the eyes to, be blind to, wink at, blink at.
render blind etc. adj. — blind, blindfoldhoodwink, dazzle, put one's eyes outthrow dust into one's eyes, pull the wool over one's eyesjeter de la poudre aux yeux [Fr.]screen from sight etc. (hide) 528.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

blindeyeless, sightless, visionlessdarkstone-blind, sand-blind, stark-blindundiscerningdimsighted etc. 443.
blind as a bat, blind as a buzzard, blind as a beetle, blind as a mole, blind as an owlwall-eyed.
blinded etc. v..

bijwoord

blindly, blindfold, blindfoldeddarkly.

uitdrukking

O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon" [Milton].

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