めしい

Japanese

Alternative spellings
盲 瞽

Etymology

From Old Japanese, a compound of 目 (me, “eye”) +‎ 癈 (shii, “debility, dysfunction”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めしい [mèshíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ɕiː]

Noun

めしい • (meshī) ^{←めしひ (mesifi)?}

1. (dated, likely offensive) blindness
2. (dated, likely offensive) blind person