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 George M. (George Milbrey) Gould
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 George M. (George Milbrey) Gould
Then he can dissect beetles like Straus Derekheim, without becoming a myope.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 by Various
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 George M. (George Milbrey) Gould
"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 Anna Bowman Dodd
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