For my lexicon entry, I think it would be very interesting to explore the word “blind” (“-er” if need be). While there are various reasons this term is particularly interesting, some specific ones would be the many different meanings it can have, the importance to the novel considering the lengthy descriptions of visual components (in this way this word would function nearly in opposition), and the connotations it can carry.

In exploring this word, it seems important to point out the various functions of “blind.” An initial form that comes to mind is the adjective that describes one who unable to see, as seen when there is a moment describing Abraham as “the old blind Abraham recognizes the voice and puts his fingers on his face” (5.201-202). Another more obvious example is the noun version–an object that blocks sun from coming through a window. This version appears in the fourth episode, when Bloom asks Molly: “Do you want the blind up?” (4. 255) upon her waking up. While these are only a couple of examples, I think the extent of their difference shows how interesting an evaluation of this word could be. Moreover, it is evident that there a multitude of other ways this word is used, a fact that makes this investigation even more extensive and interesting.

Other words I thought might be interesting were “heir (hair, air, err)” and “box.” For the first, I though the connotations that come along with that first version (heir) would be very useful in the evaluations of the other iterations of the word. For “box,” I was interested by the simplicity of the term, but how it can actually be interpreted in many different both physical and metaphorical ways.