CECITY

blindness, sightlessness, cecity

(noun) the state of being blind or lacking sight

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cecity (uncountable)

(uncommon, literary) blindness

Source: Wiktionary


Ce"ci*ty, n. Etym: [L. caecitas, fr. caecus blind: cf. F. cécité.]

Definition: Blindness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

29 March 2025

THOUGHTLESS

(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”


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