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blearest

blearest is the superlative form of blear.

Meaning of blear

Adjective

blear (comparative more blear, superlative most blear)

  1. Dim; unclear from water or rheum.
    • A Promontory Wen, with grieſly grace,
      Stood high, upon the Handle of his Face:
      His blear Eyes ran in gutters to his Chin:
      His Beard was stubble, and his Cheeks were thin.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Sixth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […]...
  2. Causing or caused by dimness of sight.
    • Thus I hurle
      My dazling spells into the ſpungie aire
      Of power to cheate the eye with bleare illuſion,
      And give it falſe preſentments, […]1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...

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Questions about blearest

What is blearest the superlative form of?
Blearest is the superlative form of blear.

Words near blearest in the dictionary

  1. Blean
  2. blear
  3. blear eye
  4. bleared
  5. blearedness
  6. blearest
  7. bleareyed
  8. bleareyedness
  9. bleargh
  10. blearier
  11. bleariest

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