purblindn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpəːblʌɪnd/, U.S.

/ˈpərˌblaɪnd/

Forms:

α. Middle English purblyynd, Middle English 1600s–1700s pur blind, Middle English–1500s purblynde, Middle English–1600s purblinde, Middle English–1600s purblynd, Middle English– purblind, 1500s purre blynd, 1500s–1600s pur-blinde, 1500s–1600s purreblind, 1500s–1800s pur-blind.

β. Middle English pure blynde, 1600s pure-blinde.

γ. Middle English–1500s pore blynde, 1500s poare blind, 1500s pooreblind, 1500s poore-blynd, 1500s pore blinde, 1500s pore blynd, 1500s poreblynde, 1500s–1600s poore blind, 1500s–1600s pore blind, 1500s–1600s pore-blind, 1500s–1600s poreblinde, 1500s–1600s poreblynd, 1500s–1700s poreblind, 1600s poare-blind, 1600s pore-blinde.

δ. 1500s pour blinde, 1500s poureblind, 1500s poure blynde, 1500s–1600s pourblind, 1500s–1600s pourblinde.

ε. 1600s perblinde, 1700s–1800s perblind.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pure adv., blind adj.

Etymology: Apparently < pure adv. (perhaps reinforced by association with Anglo-Norman pur- pur- prefix) + blind adj.An etymology from pure adv. is supported by the earliest sense of the adjective (see B. 1), but if this is the case, semantic development by the early 15th cent. (see sense B. 2) suggests that this became opaque very early, as do the forms in poore- , pore- , pour- , etc. from the 16th cent. onwards (in a number of cases these spellings may reflect identification of the first element with poor adj., probably as a result of folk etymology). The use as noun apparently implies slightly earlier currency of the adjective. Compare the following:1904 W. A. Baillie-Grohman & F. Baillie-Grohman in Edward, Duke of York Master of Game App. 145/2 G. de F. [Count Gaston De Foix in his Livre de Chasse of which Master of Game is a translation] (p. 43) says of a hare ‘Elle oit bien, mas elle voit mal’. Master of Game translates this simply as She hath evil sight;..G. de F.'s assertion that the hare ‘has evil sight’ is also confirmed by Brehm.

†A. n.

A hare. Cf. quot. 1594 at sense B. 2c. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare)

harea700

wimountc1280

wood-catc1280

babbart?a1300

ballart?a1300

bigge?a1300

goibert?a1300

grasshopper?a1300

lightfoot?a1300

long-ear?a1300

make-fare?a1300

pintail?a1300

pollart?a1300

purblind?a1300

roulekere?a1300

scot?a1300

scotewine?a1300

side-looker?a1300

sitter?a1300

westlooker?a1300

wort-cropper?a1300

break-forwardc1300

broom-catc1300

swikebertc1300

cawel-herta1325

deuberta1325

deudinga1325

fern-sittera1325

fitelfoota1325

foldsittera1325

furze cata1325

scutardea1325

skikarta1325

stobherta1325

straw deera1325

turpina1325

skulker1387

chavarta1400

soillarta1400

waldeneiea1400

scutc1440

coward1486

wata1500

bawtiec1536

puss1575

watkin1585

malkin1706

pussy1715

bawd1785

lion1825

dew-hopper-

?a1300 Names Hare (Digby 86) in Proc. Leeds Philos. & Lit. Soc. (1935) 6 350 (MED) He shal saien on oreisoun In þe worshipe of þe hare..‘Þe hare, Þe scotart..Þe purblinde, þe fursecat.’

B. adj.

†1. Completely blind. Obsolete.In later use only with reference to Cupid. The sense here is more doubtful but perhaps alludes to the idea that love is blind.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind

star-blindeOE

bissonc950

blind-bornc975

blindc1000

darkOE

purblinda1325

sightlessa1325

start blinda1387

stark blinda1425

stone-blindc1480

beetle-blind1556

beetle1566

eyeless?1570

purblinded1572

high-gravel-blind1600

not-seeing?1602

kind-blind1608

bat-blind1609

unseeing1609

blindful1621

winking-eyed1621

lamplessa1625

deocular1632

lightless1638

bat-eyed1656

stock-blind1675

duncha1692

gazelessa1819

visionlessa1821

blind-eyed1887

stone-eyed1890

unsighted1983

a1325 St. Lawrence (Corpus Cambr.) 41 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 360 (MED) An heþeneman þer was inne..Þat þer inne hadde so muche iwope..Þat he wep out boþe is eiȝen & purblind [c1300 Laud al blynd] was bicome.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 7713 (MED) Wo so bi king willames daye slou hert oþer hind, Me ssolde pulte out boþe is eye & makye him pur blind.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 12 Speake to my gossip Venus one faire word, one nickname for her purblinde sonne and heire.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 174 This wimpled whyning purblind wayward Boy,..dan Cupid.

1615 R. Brathwait Loves Labyrinth 63 in Strappado But we by Cupids meanes, that pur blind boy, Obtaine by death we could not earst enioy.

1669 J. Fletcher Island Princess iii. i. 35 This is a new salute: Sure h'as forgot me: this is pur-blinde Cupid.

†a. Blind in one eye. Obsolete.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind > blind in one eye

one-eyedOE

purblinda1425

peed1673

a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Exod. xxi. 26 If eny man smyte the eye of his seruaunt, or of hondmayden, and make hem pure blynde [a1382 Bodl. 959 one eyȝid; altered to purblynd; a1425 L.V. oon iȝed; L. luscos; Gk. καὶ ἐκτυϕλώση], he shal leeue hem free for the eye that he hath drawun out.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 416 Purblynde [?a1475 Winch. Purblyynd], luscus.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 16 The French haue a good Prouerbe, Entre les aueugles, les borgnes sont les Roys: Among the blinde, the pore blind are the Kings.

†b. Myopic (short-sighted). Obsolete.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > short-sighted

little-sighta1398

purblindc1450

narrow-sighted1593

thick-sighted1593

mope-eyed1606

short-sighteda1649

near-sighted1686

short-eyed1721

myopical1749

myopic1800

myoptic1849

myope1892

c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 132 (MED) Eyn the qwyche be purblynde naturally betokyn gredynes.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lxi. 83 In the chase, sir Olphert of Guystels, was taken, for he was purblynde [Fr. car il auoit courte veue].

1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. ix. 292 A mery fellow..affirming that he sawe in the skie a fiery dragon, with often asking them if they did not see it, he induced them at length..to confesse they saw it, least they should haue bene thought to be purblind.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §870 Pore-blinde Men..haue their Sight Stronger neare hand, than those that are not Poreblinde; And can Reade and Write smaller Letters.

1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 204 Myops is one that is Purblind.

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §37. 37 It plainly follows..that a Person perfectly Purblind (i.e. that cou'd not see an Object distinctly, but when placed close to his Eye) wou'd not make the same wrong Judgment that others do.

1735–6 in Swift's Lett. 10 Feb. (1766) II. 227 I was in hopes you would have mended, like my purblind eyes, with old age.

c. Almost blind; partially sighted; having impaired vision generally.It is unclear whether quot. a1500 is in this sense or sense B. 1.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > long-sighted

purblind1621

long-sighted1737

presbyopic1800

presbyops1802

hypermetropic1864

far-sighted1878

hyperopic1884

a1500 Care of Horses (Cambr.) f. 72^v Þat [sc. a dark stable] congelethe a Fleme ouer the Eye..& than the horse Eyen wex lytyll & small & waste & sum men clepe hit pore-blynd.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. iii. sig. Yvi But a weighty or heuy cloke, fresshely gliteringe in the eyen of them that be poreblynde.

1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Against Contention ii It is more shame for hym that is whole blynd, to call hym blinkerd, that is but pore blynd.

1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Eiij And when thou hast on foote the purblind hare, Marke the poore wretch.

1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 56 Some are borne starke blinde, and some purblinde.

1671 J. Sharp Midwives Bk. vi. vi. 373 For a child that is very young to look upon the light of a candle will make them pore blind, or squint-eyed.

1703 T. Baker Tunbridge-walks i. i. 53 I heard of a fine Town-Lady, who Painted her Face with that variety, she was pick'd up by a Purblind Lord.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxx. 12 Reconnoitring the company through a glass, (for no other reason) but because it was fashionable to be purblind.

1804 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry II. xiii. 151 It is better to be clear sighted than purblind, and to be able to see a deer in a thicket, than to have need of a glass.

1868 M. E. Braddon Charlotte's Inher. i. i Old Nanon the cook, purblind, stone-deaf, and all but imbecile.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) i. vii. 63 There were shown in to us an old, worn, purblind, ascetic-looking priest, and a lay brother.

1950 Traverse City (Mich.) Record-Eagle 21 Nov. 4/5 A purblind old man tottered before them.

1990 Sydney Morning Herald 14 Apr. 41/6 The purblind husband and lesbian wife, occasionally joined by their surprisingly normal son, moved constantly.

d. Of the eyes: weak; esp. failing due to old age.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > having dimness or poor vision

darkOE

dima1220

bissona1250

murka1300

mistedc1450

obfuscatec1487

spurblind1508

sand-blind1538

dim-sighted1561

blinking1568

dimmed1590

weak-sighteda1591

purblind1592

sand-eyed1592

thick-eyed1598

left-eyed1609

mole-eyed1610

blindish1611

mole-sighted1625

sanded1629

veiled1633

weak-eyed1645

scotomatical1656

mole-blinda1660

swimming1697

wavering1842

foggy1847

scotomatous1866

clouding1868

wall-eyed1873

1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. C A sawcie Signor there is, whose purblind eyes can scarcely discerne a Lowse from a Flea.

1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Liuing Libr. iii. xvii. 202 Eies that are turn'd, that are poare-blind.

1681 J. Scudamore Homer a la Mode ii. 57 Lame Jades with Pockholes in their face; With furrow'd Cheeks and purblind Eyes.

1714 ‘P. Swift-Sight’ Strange, Unprecedented & Unheard-of Apparition 12 A Spectre, in shape and form a Barrister, with Blubber-Lips, purblind Eyes.

1786 J. Cobb Strangers at Home i. 17 His purblind eyes and winter's cough.

1862 E. Stoddard Morgesons xv. 84 Like the sharp old gentleman he was, notwithstanding his purblind eyes.

1871 R. W. Buchanan Drama of Kings i. 38 Every pinch of snuff they feebly take To clear their purblind eyes of rheum and mist.

1915 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 21 Nov. The old man wandered the streets..peering anxiously..with purblind eyes.

1962 M. Eagan tr. Prudentius Poems 116 Their purblind eyes made blear with rheum.

1994 Times (Nexis) 2 Jan. He was enormously tall..with a fine head, transfixing, purblind blue eyes and a beautifully modulated voice.

e. figurative. Dark; dimly lit.

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1698 F. Fane Excellent Ballad upon Wedding (single sheet) He was hir'd, To light the purblind Skies.

1898 J. Hollingshead Gaiety Chron. i. 17 Small..windows, blinking purblind at the busy..thoroughfare.

1961 L. Macneice Wiper in Solstices 64 Through purblind night the wiper Reaps a swathe of water On the screen.

†f. Hypermetropic (long-sighted, far-sighted). Obsolete. rare.

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1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xvii. 336 The apparent paradox of the pur-blind, or those who can scarcely see a small object at arm's length, yet discovering those that are very remote.

3. figurative. Having imperfect perception or discernment; lacking in or incapable of understanding or foresight; dim-witted; stupid.

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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [adjective]

thestera900

thestria900

blindc1000

blindfoldc1450

blinkard?1528

purblind1533

blinded1535

blear-eyed1561

obcaecate1568

unilluminated1579

fonda1592

blear-witted1600

short-sighted1622

baby-blind1627

obcaecated1641

misty-brained1649

twilighta1677

blindfolded1730

short-sighted1736

unpliable1769

misty1820

myopical1830

visionless1856

myopic1891

blinkered1897

1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. ii. ii. f. cxii Mayster Masker..is not..so poore blynde, but that he seeth well in dede that the meate whych Cryst speketh of here, is our sauyour Cryste hymselfe.

1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 4 Which their dull purblind ignorance not saw.

1629 W. Prynne God no Impostor 31 Mans darke, or purblinde carnall reason.

1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 313 Man is such a pur-blind creature, that he cannot unerringly see a day before him.

1742 W. Law Appeal to All that Doubt i. 66 Nothing but a poor, groping, purblind Philosophy.

1791 M. Defleury Divine Poems & Ess. 21 His purblind reason cannot comprehend The great, the grand Incomprehensible.

1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Jan. 464 Their too purblind, scrambling controversies.

1859 C. Kingsley Misc. (1860) I. 118 Foresight as short and as purblind as that of the British farmer.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxxv. 200 Echoes from a time of supremely purblind foolishness.

1905 Daily Chron. 8 Sept. 4/4 The tariffists and purblind economists see the chief reason of Germany's industrial prosperity in its protective system.

1959 P. Frank Alas, Babylon vi. 117 The unimaginative, purblind, selfish fools who had not believed him.

2006 Times (Nexis) 14 Oct. (Business section) 67 It is not right that he should be held back by a few purblind nay-sayers in the City.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	purblind
释义	purblindn.adj. Brit. /ˈpəːblʌɪnd/, U.S. /ˈpərˌblaɪnd/ Forms: α. Middle English purblyynd, Middle English 1600s–1700s pur blind, Middle English–1500s purblynde, Middle English–1600s purblinde, Middle English–1600s purblynd, Middle English– purblind, 1500s purre blynd, 1500s–1600s pur-blinde, 1500s–1600s purreblind, 1500s–1800s pur-blind. β. Middle English pure blynde, 1600s pure-blinde. γ. Middle English–1500s pore blynde, 1500s poare blind, 1500s pooreblind, 1500s poore-blynd, 1500s pore blinde, 1500s pore blynd, 1500s poreblynde, 1500s–1600s poore blind, 1500s–1600s pore blind, 1500s–1600s pore-blind, 1500s–1600s poreblinde, 1500s–1600s poreblynd, 1500s–1700s poreblind, 1600s poare-blind, 1600s pore-blinde. δ. 1500s pour blinde, 1500s poureblind, 1500s poure blynde, 1500s–1600s pourblind, 1500s–1600s pourblinde. ε. 1600s perblinde, 1700s–1800s perblind. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pure adv., blind adj. Etymology: Apparently < pure adv. (perhaps reinforced by association with Anglo-Norman pur- pur- prefix) + blind adj.An etymology from pure adv. is supported by the earliest sense of the adjective (see B. 1), but if this is the case, semantic development by the early 15th cent. (see sense B. 2) suggests that this became opaque very early, as do the forms in poore- , pore- , pour- , etc. from the 16th cent. onwards (in a number of cases these spellings may reflect identification of the first element with poor adj., probably as a result of folk etymology). The use as noun apparently implies slightly earlier currency of the adjective. Compare the following:1904 W. A. Baillie-Grohman & F. Baillie-Grohman in Edward, Duke of York Master of Game App. 145/2 G. de F. [Count Gaston De Foix in his Livre de Chasse of which Master of Game is a translation] (p. 43) says of a hare ‘Elle oit bien, mas elle voit mal’. Master of Game translates this simply as She hath evil sight;..G. de F.'s assertion that the hare ‘has evil sight’ is also confirmed by Brehm. †A. n. A hare. Cf. quot. 1594 at sense B. 2c. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) harea700 wimountc1280 wood-catc1280 babbart?a1300 ballart?a1300 bigge?a1300 goibert?a1300 grasshopper?a1300 lightfoot?a1300 long-ear?a1300 make-fare?a1300 pintail?a1300 pollart?a1300 purblind?a1300 roulekere?a1300 scot?a1300 scotewine?a1300 side-looker?a1300 sitter?a1300 westlooker?a1300 wort-cropper?a1300 break-forwardc1300 broom-catc1300 swikebertc1300 cawel-herta1325 deuberta1325 deudinga1325 fern-sittera1325 fitelfoota1325 foldsittera1325 furze cata1325 scutardea1325 skikarta1325 stobherta1325 straw deera1325 turpina1325 skulker1387 chavarta1400 soillarta1400 waldeneiea1400 scutc1440 coward1486 wata1500 bawtiec1536 puss1575 watkin1585 malkin1706 pussy1715 bawd1785 lion1825 dew-hopper- ?a1300 Names Hare (Digby 86) in Proc. Leeds Philos. & Lit. Soc. (1935) 6 350 (MED) He shal saien on oreisoun In þe worshipe of þe hare..‘Þe hare, Þe scotart..Þe purblinde, þe fursecat.’ B. adj. †1. Completely blind. Obsolete.In later use only with reference to Cupid. The sense here is more doubtful but perhaps alludes to the idea that love is blind. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind star-blindeOE bissonc950 blind-bornc975 blindc1000 darkOE purblinda1325 sightlessa1325 start blinda1387 stark blinda1425 stone-blindc1480 beetle-blind1556 beetle1566 eyeless?1570 purblinded1572 high-gravel-blind1600 not-seeing?1602 kind-blind1608 bat-blind1609 unseeing1609 blindful1621 winking-eyed1621 lamplessa1625 deocular1632 lightless1638 bat-eyed1656 stock-blind1675 duncha1692 gazelessa1819 visionlessa1821 blind-eyed1887 stone-eyed1890 unsighted1983 a1325 St. Lawrence (Corpus Cambr.) 41 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 360 (MED) An heþeneman þer was inne..Þat þer inne hadde so muche iwope..Þat he wep out boþe is eiȝen & purblind [c1300 Laud al blynd] was bicome. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 7713 (MED) Wo so bi king willames daye slou hert oþer hind, Me ssolde pulte out boþe is eye & makye him pur blind. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 12 Speake to my gossip Venus one faire word, one nickname for her purblinde sonne and heire. View more context for this quotation 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 174 This wimpled whyning purblind wayward Boy,..dan Cupid. View more context for this quotation 1615 R. Brathwait Loves Labyrinth 63 in Strappado But we by Cupids meanes, that pur blind boy, Obtaine by death we could not earst enioy. 1669 J. Fletcher Island Princess iii. i. 35 This is a new salute: Sure h'as forgot me: this is pur-blinde Cupid. 2. †a. Blind in one eye. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind > blind in one eye one-eyedOE purblinda1425 peed1673 a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Exod. xxi. 26 If eny man smyte the eye of his seruaunt, or of hondmayden, and make hem pure blynde [a1382 Bodl. 959 one eyȝid; altered to purblynd; a1425 L.V. oon iȝed; L. luscos; Gk. καὶ ἐκτυϕλώση], he shal leeue hem free for the eye that he hath drawun out. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 416 Purblynde [?a1475 Winch. Purblyynd], luscus. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 16 The French haue a good Prouerbe, Entre les aueugles, les borgnes sont les Roys: Among the blinde, the pore blind are the Kings. †b. Myopic (short-sighted). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > short-sighted little-sighta1398 purblindc1450 narrow-sighted1593 thick-sighted1593 mope-eyed1606 short-sighteda1649 near-sighted1686 short-eyed1721 myopical1749 myopic1800 myoptic1849 myope1892 c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 132 (MED) Eyn the qwyche be purblynde naturally betokyn gredynes. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lxi. 83 In the chase, sir Olphert of Guystels, was taken, for he was purblynde [Fr. car il auoit courte veue]. 1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. ix. 292 A mery fellow..affirming that he sawe in the skie a fiery dragon, with often asking them if they did not see it, he induced them at length..to confesse they saw it, least they should haue bene thought to be purblind. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §870 Pore-blinde Men..haue their Sight Stronger neare hand, than those that are not Poreblinde; And can Reade and Write smaller Letters. 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 204 Myops is one that is Purblind. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §37. 37 It plainly follows..that a Person perfectly Purblind (i.e. that cou'd not see an Object distinctly, but when placed close to his Eye) wou'd not make the same wrong Judgment that others do. 1735–6 in Swift's Lett. 10 Feb. (1766) II. 227 I was in hopes you would have mended, like my purblind eyes, with old age. c. Almost blind; partially sighted; having impaired vision generally.It is unclear whether quot. a1500 is in this sense or sense B. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > long-sighted purblind1621 long-sighted1737 presbyopic1800 presbyops1802 hypermetropic1864 far-sighted1878 hyperopic1884 a1500 Care of Horses (Cambr.) f. 72^v Þat [sc. a dark stable] congelethe a Fleme ouer the Eye..& than the horse Eyen wex lytyll & small & waste & sum men clepe hit pore-blynd. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. iii. sig. Yvi But a weighty or heuy cloke, fresshely gliteringe in the eyen of them that be poreblynde. 1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Against Contention ii It is more shame for hym that is whole blynd, to call hym blinkerd, that is but pore blynd. 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Eiij And when thou hast on foote the purblind hare, Marke the poore wretch. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 56 Some are borne starke blinde, and some purblinde. 1671 J. Sharp Midwives Bk. vi. vi. 373 For a child that is very young to look upon the light of a candle will make them pore blind, or squint-eyed. 1703 T. Baker Tunbridge-walks i. i. 53 I heard of a fine Town-Lady, who Painted her Face with that variety, she was pick'd up by a Purblind Lord. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxx. 12 Reconnoitring the company through a glass, (for no other reason) but because it was fashionable to be purblind. 1804 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry II. xiii. 151 It is better to be clear sighted than purblind, and to be able to see a deer in a thicket, than to have need of a glass. 1868 M. E. Braddon Charlotte's Inher. i. i Old Nanon the cook, purblind, stone-deaf, and all but imbecile. a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) i. vii. 63 There were shown in to us an old, worn, purblind, ascetic-looking priest, and a lay brother. 1950 Traverse City (Mich.) Record-Eagle 21 Nov. 4/5 A purblind old man tottered before them. 1990 Sydney Morning Herald 14 Apr. 41/6 The purblind husband and lesbian wife, occasionally joined by their surprisingly normal son, moved constantly. d. Of the eyes: weak; esp. failing due to old age. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > having dimness or poor vision darkOE dima1220 bissona1250 murka1300 mistedc1450 obfuscatec1487 spurblind1508 sand-blind1538 dim-sighted1561 blinking1568 dimmed1590 weak-sighteda1591 purblind1592 sand-eyed1592 thick-eyed1598 left-eyed1609 mole-eyed1610 blindish1611 mole-sighted1625 sanded1629 veiled1633 weak-eyed1645 scotomatical1656 mole-blinda1660 swimming1697 wavering1842 foggy1847 scotomatous1866 clouding1868 wall-eyed1873 1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. C A sawcie Signor there is, whose purblind eyes can scarcely discerne a Lowse from a Flea. 1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Liuing Libr. iii. xvii. 202 Eies that are turn'd, that are poare-blind. 1681 J. Scudamore Homer a la Mode ii. 57 Lame Jades with Pockholes in their face; With furrow'd Cheeks and purblind Eyes. 1714 ‘P. Swift-Sight’ Strange, Unprecedented & Unheard-of Apparition 12 A Spectre, in shape and form a Barrister, with Blubber-Lips, purblind Eyes. 1786 J. Cobb Strangers at Home i. 17 His purblind eyes and winter's cough. 1862 E. Stoddard Morgesons xv. 84 Like the sharp old gentleman he was, notwithstanding his purblind eyes. 1871 R. W. Buchanan Drama of Kings i. 38 Every pinch of snuff they feebly take To clear their purblind eyes of rheum and mist. 1915 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 21 Nov. The old man wandered the streets..peering anxiously..with purblind eyes. 1962 M. Eagan tr. Prudentius Poems 116 Their purblind eyes made blear with rheum. 1994 Times (Nexis) 2 Jan. He was enormously tall..with a fine head, transfixing, purblind blue eyes and a beautifully modulated voice. e. figurative. Dark; dimly lit. ΚΠ 1698 F. Fane Excellent Ballad upon Wedding (single sheet) He was hir'd, To light the purblind Skies. 1898 J. Hollingshead Gaiety Chron. i. 17 Small..windows, blinking purblind at the busy..thoroughfare. 1961 L. Macneice Wiper in Solstices 64 Through purblind night the wiper Reaps a swathe of water On the screen. †f. Hypermetropic (long-sighted, far-sighted). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xvii. 336 The apparent paradox of the pur-blind, or those who can scarcely see a small object at arm's length, yet discovering those that are very remote. 3. figurative. Having imperfect perception or discernment; lacking in or incapable of understanding or foresight; dim-witted; stupid. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [adjective] thestera900 thestria900 blindc1000 blindfoldc1450 blinkard?1528 purblind1533 blinded1535 blear-eyed1561 obcaecate1568 unilluminated1579 fonda1592 blear-witted1600 short-sighted1622 baby-blind1627 obcaecated1641 misty-brained1649 twilighta1677 blindfolded1730 short-sighted1736 unpliable1769 misty1820 myopical1830 visionless1856 myopic1891 blinkered1897 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. ii. ii. f. cxii Mayster Masker..is not..so poore blynde, but that he seeth well in dede that the meate whych Cryst speketh of here, is our sauyour Cryste hymselfe. 1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 4 Which their dull purblind ignorance not saw. 1629 W. Prynne God no Impostor 31 Mans darke, or purblinde carnall reason. 1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 313 Man is such a pur-blind creature, that he cannot unerringly see a day before him. 1742 W. Law Appeal to All that Doubt i. 66 Nothing but a poor, groping, purblind Philosophy. 1791 M. Defleury Divine Poems & Ess. 21 His purblind reason cannot comprehend The great, the grand Incomprehensible. 1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Jan. 464 Their too purblind, scrambling controversies. 1859 C. Kingsley Misc. (1860) I. 118 Foresight as short and as purblind as that of the British farmer. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxxv. 200 Echoes from a time of supremely purblind foolishness. 1905 Daily Chron. 8 Sept. 4/4 The tariffists and purblind economists see the chief reason of Germany's industrial prosperity in its protective system. 1959 P. Frank Alas, Babylon vi. 117 The unimaginative, purblind, selfish fools who had not believed him. 2006 Times (Nexis) 14 Oct. (Business section) 67 It is not right that he should be held back by a few purblind nay-sayers in the City. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). purblindv. Brit. /ˈpəːblʌɪnd/, U.S. /ˈpərˌblaɪnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: purblind adj. Etymology: < purblind adj. Compare earlier purblinded adj. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pɒɹbləi·nd) /pɜːˈblaɪnd/. transitive. To make purblind. Frequently in passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > impair perception [verb (transitive)] blendc888 beclouda1631 purblind1644 talpify1660 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > afflict with disordered vision [verb (transitive)] > dim dima1300 blemish1440 troublea1500 misten1599 perstringe1603 blear1605 tara1612 disgregatea1631 purblind1644 obfuscate1656 blast1757 blur1791 bedim1811 1644 J. Howell Mercurius Hibernicus 2 To make it appeare to any rationall ingenious capacity, (not pre-occupied or purblinded with passion) that there was more of honour and necessity..in the said Cessation. 1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems sig. P4^v Those fatuous Vapors, whose false light Purblinds the World. 1770 Second Postscript to Let. to Mr. Almon 29 The ignorant may be puzzled or circumvented, but the sagacious and discerning cannot be thus purblinded. 1789 H. Mustafa tr. Ghulam Husain Khan Sëir Mutaqherin II. 186 This observation escaped his master: or if it did not, he was purblinded by his destiny. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. iii. 80/1 Were he not, as has been said, purblinded by enchantment. 1874 W. Jones N. Test. Illustr. 595 The eagle..can, by frightening and purblinding the animal [sc. a chamois], make it leap the precipice. 1951 Ethics 61 235/1 Anyone not purblinded by naturalisms and relativisms and positivisms will find disturbing truths. 1988 TDR 32 10 Such clarity of purpose should be well noted by all of us who delight in, but are sometimes purblinded by the excitement of our discourse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.?a1300v.1644
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purblindv.