snow blindness


noun
  1. the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.

Origin of snow blindness

1
First recorded in 1740–50

Other words from snow blindness

  • snow-blind [snoh-blahynd], /ˈsnoʊˌblaɪnd/, adjective

Words Nearby snow blindness

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How to use snow blindness in a sentence

  • There was very little sleep for me that day for I had an unusually bad attack of snow-blindness.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • All three of us were having trouble with snow-blindness; the "zinc and cocaine" tabloids being in great demand.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • The unvarying white light of thick overcast days had been so severe that all were suffering from snow-blindness.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • He was not suffering so much from snow blindness either as the others, for he had been able to keep his eyes covered.

    South from Hudson Bay | E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill
  • Rod now found himself suffering from that sure affliction of every tenderfoot in the far North—snow-blindness.

    The Wolf Hunters | James Oliver Curwood