purblind

  • 11purblind — Synonyms and related words: authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blear eyed, bleary eyed, blind, blindfold, blindfolded, borne, closed, constricted, cramped, creedbound, dark, deaf, deaf to reason, dim, dim eyed, dim sighted, dull sighted, fanatical,… …

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  • 12purblind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. obtuse, dull, stupid; mole eyed. See vision. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Unwilling or unable to perceive: blind, dull, uncomprehending, unperceptive. See SEE …

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  • 13purblind — pur|blind [ pɜr,blaınd ] adjective 1. ) FORMAL stupid or slow to understand 2. ) OFFENSIVE almost blind …

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  • 14purblind — adj. RG. 376, written divisim == entirely blind; not as in the modern sense == one whose sight is impaired. Probably therefore from ‘pure’ == entire, and blind. Cf. ‘purewhite.’ RG. 8. In Wiclif, Ex. xxi. 26, it means, ‘blind of one eye,’ and is… …

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  • 15purblind — pur·blind || pÉœrblaɪnd / pɜː adj. partially blind, half blind; dim witted, slow to understand …

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  • 16purblind — [ pə:blʌɪnd] adjective literary 1》 having impaired or defective vision. 2》 dim witted. Derivatives purblindness noun Origin ME (in the sense completely blind ): from pure utterly (later assimilated to pur ) + blind …

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  • 17purblind — a. Dim sighted, near sighted, short sighted, myopic, mope eyed …

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  • 18purblind — adjective formal or literary stupid or dull …

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  • 19purblind — adj 1. half blind, partially blind or sighted, dim sighted, weak eyed, blear eyed; myopic, near sighted, short sighted, nyctalopic or night blind, hemeralopic or day blind. 2. obtuse, unfeeling, tactless, insensitive; impercep tive, unobservant;… …

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  • 20purblind — pur·blind …

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