Meanings
comparative more sandblind · superlative most sandblind · alternative sand-blind
- Half-blind; partially blind.
[T]hree of the boys, of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one, used to come in the morning as his humble attendants, and carry him [Johnson] to school. […] The purfly, sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible!
1832 May, Thomas Carlyle, “[James] Boswell’s Life of [Samuel] Johnson”, in R[alph] W[aldo] E[merson], editor, Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: […], volume III, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, published 1839, →OCLC, page 147 - Dim-sighted.
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.
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old English*sāmblind“half-blind”
- Middle Englishsandblynde
- Englishsandblind
From Middle English sandblynde, alteration (due to association with sand) of *samblynde (“half-blind”), from Old English *sāmblind (“half-blind”), from sam- (“half-”) + blind (“blind”).
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