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pur·blind
/ˈpɝˌblaɪnd/
(a.)半盲的,惺松眼的,愚鈍的(vt.)使成半瞎
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pur·blind
a.
1.
Wholly
blind
.
“
Purblind
Argus
,
all
eyes
and
no
sight.”
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
purblind
and
sand-blind
.
--
Latimer
.
O
purblind
race
of
miserable
men
.
--
Tennyson
.
--
Pur*blind*ly
,
adv.
--
Pur*blind*ness
,
n.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
]
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