dimsightedness [fallacies of vision.]

Roget category 443

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#443. [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness [Fallacies of vision.]

noun

dim sight, dull sight half sight, short sight, near sight, long sight, double sight, astigmatic sight, failing sight — dimsightedness &c. — purblindness, lippitude^† — myopia, presbyopia^† — confusion of vision — astigmatism — color blindness, chromato pseudo blepsis^†, Daltonism — nyctalopia^† — strabismus, strabism^†, squint — blearedness^†, day blindness, hemeralopia^†, nystagmus — xanthocyanopia^†, xanthopsia [Med.] — cast in the eye, swivel eye, goggle-eyes — obliquity of vision.
winking etc. v. — nictitation — blinkard^†, albino.
dizziness, swimming, scotomy^† — cataract — ophthalmia.
[Limitation of vision] blinker — screen etc. (hider) 530.
[Fallacies of vision] deceptio visus [Lat.] — refraction, distortion, illusion, false light, anamorphosis^†, virtual image, spectrum, mirage, looming, phasma^† — phantasm, phantasma^†, phantom — vision — specter, apparition, ghost — ignis fatuus [Lat.] etc. (luminary) 423 — specter of the Brocken — magic mirror — magic lantern etc. (show) 448 — mirror lens etc. (instrument) 445.

verb

be dimsighted etc. n. — see double — have a mote in the eye, have a mist before the eyes, have a film over the eyes — see through a prism, see through a glass darkly — wink, blink, nictitate — squint — look askant^†, askant askance^† — screw up the eyes, glare, glower — nictate^†.
dazzle, loom.

adjective

dim-sighted etc. n. — myopic, presbyopic^† — astigmatic, moon-eyed, mope-eyed, blear-eyed, goggle-eyed, gooseberry-eyed, one-eyed — blind of one eye, monoculous^† — half-blind, purblind — cock-eyed, dim-eyed, mole-eyed — dichroic.
blind as a bat etc. (blind) 442 — winking etc. v..

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