ˈdim-ˌsighted, a.
Having dim sight (lit. and fig.).
| 1561 T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 11 b, Olde men..or they whose eyes are dimm sighted. 1679 Bedloe Popish Plot A ij b, They are very dim-sighted that cannot see through such Impostures. 1775 Adair Amer. Ind. 230 Our dim-sighted politicians. 1840 Dickens Barn. Rudge xxix, Mr. Chester was not the kind of man to be..dim-sighted to Mr. Willet's motives. 1887 Spectator 20 Aug. 1116 When the dog gets old and dim-sighted. |
Hence ˌdimˈsightedness.
| 1662 Hickeringill Wks. (1716) I. 278 It may seem cross to us..through our short and dimsightedness. 1822–56 De Quincey Confess. (1862) 190 If a veil interposes between the dim-sightedness of man and his future calamities. |