Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moon-blind

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables
moon-blind
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sight-impaired by the equine eye-disease moon blindness.

adj

Sight-impaired by night blindness.

Etymology

From moon + blind; parallel to the cognate Dutch maanblind.

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What does moon-blind mean?
Sight-impaired by the equine eye-disease moon blindness.
Where does moon-blind come from?
From moon + blind; parallel to the cognate Dutch maanblind.

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