sightedness
nounEtymology From sighted + -ness.
1
The quality of being sighted, or having the ability to see.
- Bill said that he learned to be tactful — if Art asked where something was, a telephone for example, Bill would feign not knowing himself, so as not to emphasize his sightedness, then appear to find out and tell him.1995, James Lester, Too Marvelous for Words: The Life and Genius of Art Tatum, page 65:
- Derived terms
- clear-sightedness, far-sightedness, long-sightedness, near-sightedness, sharp-sightedness, short-sightedness