blindness
English
/ˈblaɪndnəs/
noun
Definitions
- The condition of being blind; unable to see.
- (figuratively) Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness.
- (obsolete) concealment
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English blyndnes inherited from Old English blindnes (blindness) affix from English blind.
Origin
English
blind
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beblind English
- blind English
- blind spot English
- blindability English
- blindable English
- blinden English
- blinder English
- blindest English
- blindeth English
- blindfish English
- blindfold English
- blindhood English
- blindish English
- blindism English
- blindless English
- blindly English
- blindman English
- blindside English
- blindsight English
- blindspot English
- deafblind English
- emblind English
- gender-blind English
- genderblind English
- inblind English
- miniblind English
- moon-blind English
- moonblind English
- muscleblind English
- nonblind English
- noseblind English
- race-blind English
- snowblind English
- stereoblind English
- stereoblindness English
- sunblind English
- unblind English
- blind German
- ブラインド Japanese
- blind Old English
- blindnes Old English
- blyndnes Middle English
- blinda Esperanto
- blind
- emblind
- beblind
- unblind
- blinden
- blinder
- inblind
- blindly
- blindman
- blindest
- sunblind
- nonblind
- blindism
- blindish
- blindeth
- blindside
- moonblind
- snowblind
- blindhood
- blindspot
- blindfish
- blindable
- noseblind
- blindless
- miniblind
- blindfold
- deafblind
- blind spot
- moon-blind
- race-blind
- blindsight
- muscleblind
- stereoblind
- genderblind
- blindability
- gender-blind
- stereoblindness