sandblind

See also: sand-blind

English

Etymology

From Middle English sandblynde, alteration (due to association with sand) of Middle English *samblynde (“half-blind”), from Old English *sāmblind (“half-blind”), from sam- (“half-”) + blind (“blind”).

Adjective

sandblind (comparative more sandblind, superlative most sandblind)

1. Half-blind; partially blind.
2. Dim-sighted.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 167, column 1:

     O heauens, this is my true begotten Father, who being more then sand-blinde, high grauel blinde, knows me not, I will trie confusions with him.

Related terms

• sam
• gravel-blind
• stone-blind