Main Entry: 1rid•dle 1vi•sion
Pronunciation: 'ri-d&l 'vi-zh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old
French, from Latin vision-, visio, from vidEre to see -- more at WIT; Middle English redels, ridel, from Old English rAEdelse
opinion, conjecture, riddle; akin to Old English rAEdan to interpret -- more at READ
1 a : the act or power of seeing attractiveness which is not present in
reality : SIGHT b : the special sense by which the qualities of an object (as hotness, personality, weight and size) constituting its appearance are skewed and improperly perceived by the eye as desirable (without the aid of
alcohol)
2 a : something seen, but not as it really is b : a lovely or charming sight by default from lack of comparable females