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purblind

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pur=blind

CIDE DICTIONARY

purblinda. [For pure-blind, i. e., wholly blind. See Pure, and cf. Poreblind.].
  •  Wholly blind.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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."  [1913 Webster]
    "O purblind race of miserable men."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

purblind, adj.
1 partly blind; dim-sighted.
2 obtuse, dim-witted.

Derivative
purblindness n.
Etymology
ME pur(e) blind f. PURE orig. in sense 'utterly', with assim. to PUR-

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

purblind

Dimsightedness

N dimsightedness, dim sight, dull sight half sight, short sight, near sight, long sight, double sight, astigmatic sight, failing sight, dimsightedness, purblindness, lippitude, myopia, presbyopia, confusion of vision, astigmatism, color blindness, chromato pseudo blepsis, Daltonism, nyctalopia, strabismus, strabism, squint, blearedness, day blindness, hemeralopia, nystagmus, xanthocyanopia, xanthopsia, cast in the eye, swivel eye, goggle-eyes, obliquity of vision, winking, nictitation, blinkard, albino, dizziness, swimming, scotomy, cataract, ophthalmia, blinker, screen, deceptio visus, refraction, distortion, illusion, false light, anamorphosis, virtual image, spectrum, mirage, looming, phasma, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, vision, specter, apparition, ghost, ignis fatuus, specter of the Brocken, magic mirror, magic lantern, mirror lens, dim-sighted, myopic, presbyopic, astigmatic, moon-eyed, mope-eyed, blear-eyed, goggle-eyed, gooseberry-eyed, one-eyed, blind of one eye, monoculous, half-blind, purblind, cock-eyed, dim-eyed, mole- eyed, dichroic, blind as a bat, winking.

Misjudgment

N misjudgment, obliquity of judgment, miscalculation, miscomputation, misconception, hasty conclusion, prejudgment, prejudication, prejudice, foregone conclusion, prenotion, prevention, preconception, predilection, prepossession, preapprehension, presumption, assumption, presentiment, fixed idea, preconceived idea, id_ee fixe, mentis gratissimus error, fool's paradise, esprit de corps, party spirit, partisanship, clannishness, prestige, bias, bigotry, warp, twist, hobby, fad, quirk, crotchet, partiality, infatuation, blind side, mote in the eye, one-sided views, one-track mind, partial views, narrow views, confined views, superficial views, one- sided ideas, partial ideas, narrow ideas, confined ideas, superficial ideas, one-sided conceptions, partial conceptions, narrow conceptions, confined conceptions, superficial conceptions, one-sided notions, partial notions, narrow notions, confined notions, superficial notions, narrow mind, bigotry, odium theologicum, pedantry, hypercriticism, doctrinaire, overestimation, underestimation, ignorance, erroneous assumptions, erroneous data, mistaken assumptions, incorrect assumptions (error), misjudging, ill-judging, wrong-headed, prejudiced, jaundiced, shortsighted, purblind, partial, one-sided, superficial, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, mean-spirited, confined, illiberal, intolerant, besotted, infatuated, fanatical, entete, positive, dogmatic, conceited, opinative, opiniative, opinioned, opinionate, opinionative, opinionated, self-opinioned, wedded to an opinion, opini=atre, bigoted, crotchety, fussy, impracticable, unreasonable, stupid credulous, warped, misjudged, ex parte, nothing like leather, the wish the father to the thought, wishful thinking, unshakable conviction, my mind is made up - don't bother me with the fact.


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