snow blindness
noun
the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.
Origin of snow blindness
1First 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 MawsonAll three of us were having trouble with snow-blindness; the "zinc and cocaine" tabloids being in great demand.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe unvarying white light of thick overcast days had been so severe that all were suffering from snow-blindness.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonHe 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] BrillRod now found himself suffering from that sure affliction of every tenderfoot in the far North—snow-blindness.
The Wolf Hunters | James Oliver Curwood
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