The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blinkard
Blinkard \Blink"ard\, n. [Blind + -ard.]
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One who blinks with, or as with, weak eyes.
Among the blind the one-eyed blinkard reigns.
--Marvell. That which twinkles or glances, as a dim star, which appears and disappears.
--Hakewill.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
blinkard
a mocking term for a person with bad eyesight, c.1500, from blink (v.) + -ard. Figuratively, "one who lacks intellectual perception" (1520s).
Wiktionary
blinkard
n. 1 (context obsolete English) One with bad eyes. 2 A dim-witted or stupid person; an idiot.
Usage examples of "blinkard".
Oh, what blinkards are we gentlemen, to train any dumb beasts more carefully than we do Christians!