blindness

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind +‎ -ness. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblaɪndnəs/ Hyphenation: blind‧ness Rhymes: -aɪndnəs === Noun === blindness (usually uncountable, plural blindnesses) The condition of being blind; unable to see. (figuratively) Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness. (obsolete) concealment ==== Synonyms ==== ablepsy (rare) blindhood (rare) cecity sightlessness ==== Coordinate terms ==== ageusia anosmia deafness ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “blindness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “blindness”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.