‖ myops
(ˈmaɪɒps)
Also 8 miops.
[late L., a. Gr. µύωψ, f. µύειν to shut + ὤψ eye.]
A short-sighted person (lit. and fig.).
| [1693 tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2).] 1798 Founders Fr. Repub. II. 174 Being a miops, he was obliged to wear spectacles. 1801 C. Smith Lett. Solit. Wand. I. 280, I feel that I have been a myops in the present instance. |