3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole. [1913 Webster] The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. --Latimer. [1913 Webster] O purblind race of miserable men. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] -- {Pur"blind`ly}, adv. -- {Pur"blind`ness}, n. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: 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}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 65 Moby Thesaurus words for "purblind": 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, feeble-eyed, filmy-eyed, gravel-blind, half-blind, hidebound, illiberal, imperceptive, impercipient, insensible, insular, little, little-minded, mean, mean-minded, mean-spirited, mind-blind, mole-eyed, myopic, narrow, narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, nearsighted, nonunderstanding, parochial, petty, provincial, sand-blind, shortsighted, sightless, small, small-minded, straitlaced, stuffy, unapprehending, uncatholic, uncharitable, uncomprehending, undiscerning, ungenerous, unliberal, unperceptive, weak-eyed
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