blindling

English

Etymology

blind +‎ -ling

Noun

blindling (plural blindlings)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A blind person.
    • Salmasius, quoted in 1883, James Baldwin, English Literature & Literary Criticism (page 349)
      He is but a puppy, once my pretty little man, now blear-eyed, or rather a blindling; having never had any mental vision, he has now lost his bodily sight; a silly coxcomb, fancying himself a beauty; […]
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