色しき盲もう

noun

color blindness

Dated term for color blindness. In modern Japanese, 色覚異常 is preferred in medical and formal contexts. Still encountered in older texts and everyday speech.

See also: 色覚異常

• 祖そ父ふは色しき盲もうで、赤あかと緑みどりの区く別べつが難むずかしいと言いっていた。

  My grandfather was color blind and said it was hard to tell red from green.