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blinkard

/ˈblɪŋkə(ɹ)d/

blinkard noun: one with bad eyes.

Noun

blinkard (plural blinkards)

  1. (obsolete) One with bad eyes.
  2. A dim-witted or stupid person; an idiot.
    • For I was of Christ's choosing, I God's knight,
      No blinkard heathen stumbling for scant light;
      I can well see, for all the dusty days
      Gone past, the clean great time of goodly fight.1862-1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Laus Veneris

Forms of blinkard

pluralblinkards

Questions about blinkard

What does blinkard mean?
Blinkard means one with bad eyes.
What part of speech is blinkard?
Blinkard is a noun.
How do you pronounce blinkard?
Blinkard is pronounced /ˈblɪŋkə(ɹ)d/.
What is the plural of blinkard?
The plural of blinkard is blinkards.

Words near blinkard in the dictionary

  1. blink-and-you'll-miss-it
  2. blink-and-you-miss-it
  3. blink-eyed
  4. blinkah
  5. blinkahs
  6. blinkard
  7. blinkards
  8. blinked
  9. blinked first
  10. Blinken
  11. blinkenlight

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