myope

British  

/ ˈmaɪəʊp /

noun

1. any person afflicted with myopia

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Etymology

Origin of myope

C18: via French from Greek muōps; see _myopia

Example Sentences

Still, it does not follow that the myope necessarily possesses the poetic faculty or feeling;—neither does it imply that the presbyope necessarily lacks it.

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)

Then he can dissect beetles like Straus Derekheim, without becoming a myope.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 by Various

Thus, according to Flaubert, the myope looks at things one after another and describes details, while Hearn says the exact opposite.

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)

His face, which was clean shaven, was the face of a hawk, with the contracted myope vision characteristic of that bird.

From The Slave of the Lamp by Merriman, Henry Seton

"The count doesn't see any better than he did—toujours myope, lui" the old woman murmured to her son, with a pregnant wink, as she took her snuff.

From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Dodd, Anna Bowman