purblind
adjective
nearly or partially blind; dim-sighted.
purblindness
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a word derived from
purblind.
Example Sentences
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Thus through the narrow views and purblindness of its official the nation lost an excellent opportunity of keeping the telegraph system in its own hands.
From Heroes of the Telegraph by John Munro
Josephine played upon his purblindness where she was concerned in most scandalous ways.
From The Tragedy of St. Helena by Walter Runciman
In spite of his infirmity and purblindness he took in the situation with his wonted quickness.
From The Brothers' War by John Calvin Reed
I find I can pardon all things in a man except purblindness, falseness of vision,—for, indeed, does not that presuppose every other kind of falseness?
From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I by Thomas Carlyle
What is less obvious, but more significant, is its purblindness.
From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Edmond Holmes
