purblind
nearly or partially blind; dim-sighted.
slow or deficient in understanding, imagination, or vision.
Obsolete. totally blind.
Origin of purblind
1synonym study For purblind
Other words from purblind
- purblindly, adverb
- purblindness, noun
Words Nearby purblind
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How to use purblind in a sentence
Shift has invoked Tash, a vulture-headed demonic power, only because he is too purblind actually to believe in him.
Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley | John Garth | November 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBy a strange fatality, they were generally purblind, and always shyed most fearfully when an Opposition coach approached them.
This excited great merriment: Captain Ezekiel was an aged, purblind man, who leaned on a cane.
Eli | Heman White Chaplin“Sh-sh-sh,” said the doctor, running his forefinger along to guide his purblind eyes safely to the end of the paragraph.
Ruth Hall | Fanny FernOften the man is also the victim of the purblind social customs which make sex-knowledge tabu.
Married Love | Marie Carmichael Stopes
Could aught in this petty purblind existence of ours redeem it and exalt it so: her love, this pure sweet girl's, and mine.
The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
British Dictionary definitions for purblind
/ (ˈpɜːˌblaɪnd) /
partly or nearly blind
lacking in insight or understanding; obtuse
Origin of purblind
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