scotomy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκότωμα (skótōma, “dizziness”).

Noun

scotomy (countable and uncountable, plural scotomies)

  1. (obsolete) dizziness with dimness of sight
    • c. 1605–06, Ben Jonson, “Volpone; or The Fox”, in William Gifford, editor, The Works of Ben Jonson‎, published 1843, act 1, scene 1, page 178:
      O, sir, 'tis past the scotomy;
    • c. 1615–18, Philip Massinger, “The Old Law”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger‎, published 1845, act 3, scene 2, page 511:
      I have got the scotomy in my head already.
  2. (obsolete) obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “scotomy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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