purblind
1Purblind — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Nearsighted, or dim sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind… …
2purblind — index opaque Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3purblind — c.1300, pur blind entirely blind, later partially blind, blind in one eye (late 14c.), probably from Anglo Fr. perfective prefix pur (from V.L. por , variation of L. pro before, for ) + BLIND (Cf. blind) (q.v.). Sense of dull first recorded 1530s …
4purblind — *blind, sightless …
5purblind — ► ADJECTIVE 1) partially sighted. 2) lacking in discernment or understanding. ORIGIN originally in the sense «completely blind»: from PURE(Cf. ↑purely) «utterly» + BLIND(Cf. ↑blindness) …
6purblind — [pʉr′blīnd΄] adj. [ME pur blind: see PURE & BLIND] 1. Obs. completely blind 2. partly blind 3. slow in perceiving or understanding …
7purblind — adjective a) Partially blind. [“]You had another of your vacillating consultations with your councillors. Fine advisers.” With infinite scorn, “A herd of palsied purblind idiots hugging their sterile profits close to their sunken chests in the… …
8purblind — /ˈpɜblaɪnd/ (say perbluynd) adjective 1. nearly blind; partially blind; dim sighted. 2. dull in discernment or understanding: *the heirs of Gallipoli are being slowly, cruelly excluded from the country they have graced and defended with their… …
9purblind — adjective Etymology: Middle English pur blind, from pur purely, wholly, from pur pure Date: 14th century 1. a. obsolete wholly blind b. partly blind 2. lacking in vision, insight, or understanding ; obtuse • purblindly …
10purblind — purblindly, adv. purblindness, n. /perr bluynd /, adj. 1. nearly or partially blind; dim sighted. 2. slow or deficient in understanding, imagination, or vision. 3. Obs. totally blind. [1250 1300; ME pur blind completely blind; see PURE (in obs.… …
