Category:Purblind

Pur"blind`, a. Etym: [for pure-blind, i. e., wholly blind. See pure, And cf. Poreblind.]

1. Wholly blind. "purblind argus, all eyes and no sight." Shak.

2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; A purblind mole. The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be Purblindand sand-blind. Latimer. O purblind race of miserable men. Tennyson. -- pur"blind`ly, adv. -- pur"blind`ness, n.