purblindness
- a word derived from purblind.
Example Sentences
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Thus the individual is forced to work laboriously for his own good, which in his purblindness he does not even recognize.
From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Nordau, Max Simon
Josephine played upon his purblindness where she was concerned in most scandalous ways.
From The Tragedy of St. Helena by Runciman, Walter
In spite of his infirmity and purblindness he took in the situation with his wonted quickness.
From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin
I hear, also, that "daily, from one quarter or another, come critical cuff and kick, to impress upon a numb public the latest example of its immemorial purblindness."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 20, 1890 by Various
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 Carlyle, Thomas
