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blindhood

blindhood noun: the condition or state of being blind.

Noun

blindhood (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The condition or state of being blind.
    • […] to reach the blind in their isolation and inform them of the possibilities of their blindhood in order that they may avail themselves of the advantages already provided and of the enlightening experience of other blind persons.1911, Paul Monroe, A Cyclopedia of Education, volume 1, page 401
    • In the initial phase of my blindhood, comments like these would anger me.2011, Belo Miguel Cipriani, Blind: A Memoir, page 167

Verb

blindhood (third-person singular simple present blindhoods, present participle blindhooding, simple past and past participle blindhooded)

  1. (rare, transitive) To render someone blind by covering their head with a hood.
    • “Get him up here,” Avall commanded. “Put all the Ninth Facers under double guard—and blindhood them—then lead the way.”2009, Tom Deitz, Warautumn, page ?

Forms of blindhood

third-person singular presentblindhoods
present participleblindhooding
past participleblindhooded
pastblindhooded

Origin of blindhood

Inherited from Middle English *blyndehode, blyndehede. By surface analysis, blind + -hood.

From blind + hood.

Questions about blindhood

What does blindhood mean?
Blindhood means the condition or state of being blind.
What part of speech is blindhood?
Blindhood can be a noun or a verb.

Words near blindhood in the dictionary

  1. blindfoldly
  2. blindfolds
  3. blindful
  4. blindfully
  5. blindgrass
  6. blindhood
  7. blindhooded
  8. Blindian
  9. blindie
  10. blindies
  11. blinding

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