purblind
21purblind — UK [ˈpɜː(r)ˌblaɪnd] / US [ˈpɜrˌblaɪnd] adjective formal stupid, or slow to understand …
22purblind — pur•blind [[t]ˈpɜrˌblaɪnd[/t]] adj. 1) oph nearly or partially blind; dim sighted 2) deficient in understanding, imagination, or vision 3) oph Obs. totally blind • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME: completely blind; see pure (in obs. adv. sense), blind… …
23purblind — a. half blind; dull witted; obtuse …
24purblind — adj. 1 partly blind; dim sighted. 2 obtuse, dim witted. Derivatives: purblindness n. Etymology: ME pur(e) blind f. PURE orig. in sense utterly , with assim. to PUR …
25Purblindly — 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… …
26Purblindness — 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… …
27blind — adj Blind, sightless, purblind mean lacking or deficient in the power to see or to discriminate objects. Blind is used to imply absence or deprivation or gross restriction of the power of vision, either by congenital defect or as a result of… …
28Poreblind — Pore blind , a. [Probably influenced by pore, v. See {Purblind}.] Nearsighted; shortsighted; purblind. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] …
29blind — blindingly, adv. blindness, n. /bluynd/, adj., blinder, blindest, v., n., adv. adj. 1. unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man. 2. unwilling or unable to perceive or understand: They were blind to their children s faults …
30blind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ambush, screen; shade, shutter; deception, ruse, subterfuge. adj. sightless; shortsighted; unperceptive. See blindness, inattention, concealment. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without sight] Syn.… …
