purblind Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having greatly reduced vision
    dim-sighted; visually impaired; sand-blind; visually challenged; near-blind.
  2. adjective satellite lacking in insight or discernment
    obtuse.
    • 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

WordNet

Pur"blind` adjective
Etymology
For pure-blind, i. e., wholly blind. See Pure, and cf. Poreblind.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913