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blindish

blindish adjective: as if blind; characteristic of blindness.

Adjective

blindish (comparative more blindish, superlative most blindish)

  1. As if blind; characteristic of blindness.
    • She had been fishing; all she wore was a chemise, and it was wetted through. She was young and very slender for an island maid, with a long face, a high forehead, and a shy, strange, blindish look, between a cat's and a baby's.1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Beach of Falesá

Forms of blindish

comparativemore blindish
superlativemost blindish

Origin of blindish

From blind + -ish.

Questions about blindish

What does blindish mean?
Blindish means as if blind; characteristic of blindness.
What part of speech is blindish?
Blindish is an adjective.

Words near blindish in the dictionary

  1. blinding
  2. blinding with science
  3. blindingly
  4. blindingness
  5. blindings
  6. blindish
  7. blindism
  8. blindisms
  9. blindless
  10. Blindley Heath
  11. blindling

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