purblind
pronunciation
How to pronounce purblind in British English:
UK ['pɜ:blaɪnd]
How to pronounce purblind in American English:
US [ˈpəˌblaɪnd]
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- Adjective:
- having greatly reduced vision
- lacking in insight or discernment
Word Origin
- purblind (adj.)
- c. 1300, pur blind "entirely blind," as a noun, "a blind person," later "partially blind, blind in one eye" (late 14c.), the main modern sense, from blind (adj.). The first element is sometimes explained as pure (adj.), or as the Anglo-French perfective prefix pur- (see pur-). Sense of "dull" first recorded 1530s.
Example
- 1. a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin ( Jasper Griffin )
- 2. If an administrator has no access to information , it \'s as if he was purblind and hard of hearing and had a stuffed nose . A closed-door policy would be greatly to our disadvantage ; we would not even have quick access to information .
- 3. It certainly is . If an administrator has no access to information , it \'s as if he was purblind and hard of hearing and had a stuffed nose .