blind

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Not able to see.

   She has been blind since birth but lives a full life.

2. 2
   adj

   Not able or willing to notice or understand something.

   He was completely blind to her faults.

3. 3
   adj

   Not based on reason; not thinking about the consequences.

   They acted out of blind hatred.

4. 4
   noun

   A cover for a window that you can pull down or up.

   They had just moved in and hadn't put up the blinds yet.

5. 5
   verb

   To make someone unable to see, either for a short time or forever.

   The bright headlights blinded the driver for a moment.

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Simplified etymology

Blind comes from common Germanic stock and in Old English meant both “unable to see” and, figuratively, “refusing to see” or “unintelligent.” Its use as a noun for a window covering developed in the early 18th century.

From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

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