snow blindness

noun

1. the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.

Other Words From

• snow-blind [snoh, -blahynd], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of snow blindness¹

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

There was very little sleep for me that day for I had an unusually bad attack of snow-blindness.

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All three of us were having trouble with snow-blindness; the "zinc and cocaine" tabloids being in great demand.

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The unvarying white light of thick overcast days had been so severe that all were suffering from snow-blindness.

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He was not suffering so much from snow blindness either as the others, for he had been able to keep his eyes covered.

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Rod now found himself suffering from that sure affliction of every tenderfoot in the far North—snow-blindness.

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