Meaning of PURBLIND
| Pronunciation: | | 'pur`blInd
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- [adj] lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin
- [adj] having greatly reduced vision
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| | Synonyms: | | blind, dim-sighted, near-blind, obtuse, sand-blind, undiscerning, unsighted, visually challenged, visually impaired |
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| | Definition: | | \Pur"blind`\, a. [For pure-blind, i. e., wholly blind.
See {Pure}, and cf. {Poreblind}.]
1. Wholly blind. ``Purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight.''
--Shak.
2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a
purblind eye; a purblind mole.
The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from
heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. --Latimer.
O purblind race of miserable men. --Tennyson.
-- {Pur"blind`ly}, adv. -- {Pur"blind`ness}, n.
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