myope
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of myope
C18: via French from Greek muōps; see myopia
Example Sentences
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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)
And since the perception of details depends vastly upon the quality of eyesight, a landscape necessarily suggests less to the keen-sighted man than to the myope.
From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)
"And then?" asked the myope, with an anxious air.
From The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 by Various
"Supposing these facets myope or presbyte," observed Jack, "that gives seventeen thousand three hundred and twenty-five pairs of spectacles on one nose!"
From Willis the Pilot by Adrien, Paul
Then he can dissect beetles like Straus Derekheim, without becoming a myope.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 by Various
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