cecutiency

English

Etymology

From Latin caecutire (“to be blind”), from caecus (“blind”).

Noun

cecutiency (uncountable)

1. (rare, dated) Partial blindness, or a tendency toward blindness.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Molls”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 152:

     [T]here is in them [moles] no cecity, yet more then a cecutiency […]

   • 1827, M. Samuels, Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn^[sic], 2nd edition, London: Longman and Co., page 20:

     [H]e persevered steadily and unobtrusively in his philanthropic designs, and, at the same time, pursued his scientific and philosophical labours with redoubled energy, to enable him to check, if possible, the national cecutiency.

   • 1964, Reverend Thomas J. Carroll, Impaired Vision and Blindness: The Prevention of Disability, Social Isolation, and Untimely Death, Cleveland, Ohio, pages 33–34:

     [I]t is important in considering cecutiency to include those whose better eye is completely normal if the individual's visual capacity is limited because of problems in the other eye.

   • 2000 [1981], Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers, editors, Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other Vocational Practitioners, and Allied Health Professionals, U.S. Department of Education; Rehabilitation Services Administration, →ISBN, page 385, DIANE Publishing:

     In addition, cecutiency is often accompanied by uncertainty about the future stability, improvement, or progression of the visual impairment.

References

• “cecutiency”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.