Found 2 items, similar to purblind.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: purblind
purblind
adj 1: having greatly reduced vision [syn:
dim-sighted,
near-blind,
sand-blind,
visually impaired,
visually challenged
]
2: 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 [syn:
obtuse]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Purblind
Purblind
\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.
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2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a
purblind eye; a purblind mole.
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The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from
heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. --Latimer.
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O purblind race of miserable men. --Tennyson.
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Pur"blind`ly, adv. --
Pur"blind`ness, n.
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