myope
- any person afflicted with myopia
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Word Origin
C18: via French from Greek muōps; see myopia
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I am a very small person; and when young, was very dark, with the large alarming eyes of a myope.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2Elizabeth Bisland
Word Origin and History for myope
n.
"short-sighted person," 1728, from French myope "short-sighted" (16c.), from Late Latin myop-, from Greek myops "short-sighted" (see myopia).
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myope
(mī′ōp′)- One who is affected by myopia.
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