presbyopic
English
Etymology
From presbyopia + -ic.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
presbyopic (comparative more presbyopic, superlative most presbyopic)
- Affected by or pertaining to presbyopia. [from 19th c.]
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 11:
- the Moms, bent way down to me, hand reaching, her lowering face with its presbyopic squint, suddenly stopped, froze, beginning to I.D. what it was I held out […]
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 11:
Noun
presbyopic (plural presbyopics)
- An individual who has presbyopia.
- 2014, Walter J. Kilner, The Human Atmosphere
- These experiments prove that some alteration has taken place in the eye equivalent to a lengthening of the eye, or a shortening of the principal focus, which enables presbyopics to read without glasses.
- 2014, Walter J. Kilner, The Human Atmosphere
See also
References
- “presbyopic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.