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Definition of purblind - 4 dictionary results

pur⋅blind

  [pur-blahynd]
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–adjective
1. nearly or partially blind; dim-sighted.
2. slow or deficient in understanding, imagination, or vision.
3. Obsolete. totally blind.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME pur blind completely blind; see pure (in obs. adv. sense), blind

Related forms:
purblindly, adverb
purblindness, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. See blind.
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pur·blind   (pûr'blīnd')   
adj.  

  1. Having poor vision; nearly or partly blind.

  2. Slow in understanding or discernment; dull: "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin" (Jasper Griffin).

  3. Obsolete Completely blind.


[Middle English pur blind, totally blind, nearsighted : pur, pure; see pure + blind, blind; see blind.]
pur'blind'ly adv., pur'blind'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

purblind 
1297, pur blind "entirely blind," later "partially blind, blind in one eye" (1382), probably from Anglo-Fr. perfective prefix pur- (from V.L. por-, variation of L. pro- "before, for") + blind (q.v.). Sense of "dull" first recorded 1533.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

purblind pur·blind (pûr'blīnd')
adj.

  1. Having poor vision; nearly or partly blind.

  2. Slow in understanding or discernment; dull.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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