Purblind Definition

pûrblīnd
adjective
Partly blind.
Webster's New World
Completely blind.
Webster's New World
Slow in perceiving or understanding.
Webster's New World
Near-sighted or dim-sighted.
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Origin of Purblind

  • Middle English pur blind totally blind, nearsighted pur pure pure blind blind blind

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Purblind Sentence Examples

  • An equally significant hint, that the Ionian Isles might easily be regained by France, further helped to open the eyes of the purblind Addington ministry to the resolve of Napoleon to make the Mediterranean a French lake.

  • A rigid orthodoxy is sustained by means of purblind imitation assisted by no little persecution.

  • But the dean saw a ray of hope out of those purblind old eyes of his.

  • In Sybil were exhibited the social relations of rich and poor (the "two nations") under this regime, and under changes in which, while the peasantry were neglected by a shoddy aristocracy ignorant of its duties, factory life and a purblind gospel of political economy imbruted the rest of the population.

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Words Starting With

PPUPUR

Words Ending With

DNDIND

Unscrambles

purblind

Words Starting With P and Ending With D

Starts With P & Ends With DStarts With PU & Ends With DStarts With P & Ends With ND

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With P8 Letter Words Ending With D