22 June 2013

myopic

22 June 2013

myopic

[mahy-op-ik, -oh-pik]

adjective
1. Ophthalmology . pertaining to or having myopia; nearsighted.
2. unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted.
3. lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded.
Origin:
1790–1800; myop(ia) + -ic

Related forms
my·op·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·my·op·ic, adjective
non·my·op·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·my·op·ic, adjective

Today’s aphorism

‘When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude’.

– G.K. Chesterton

On this day

22 June 1938 – death of C.J. Dennis, Australian poet (Songs of a Sentimental Bloke). Born 7 September 1876. Note, that C.J. Dennis foretold email by about 90 years with his reference to ‘ethergrams thro’ space’ which appears in ‘The Stoush of Day‘, in ‘The Sentimental Bloke‘.