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purblindn.adj. 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.the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) ?a1300 Names Hare (Digby 86) in (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.the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind a1325 St. Lawrence (Corpus Cambr.) 41 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill (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) (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 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 iii. i. 174 This wimpled whyning purblind wayward Boy,..dan Cupid. View more context for this quotation 1615 R. Brathwait Loves Labyrinth 63 in But we by Cupids meanes, that pur blind boy, Obtaine by death we could not earst enioy. 1669 J. Fletcher iii. i. 35 This is a new salute: Sure h'as forgot me: this is pur-blinde Cupid. 2. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind > blind in one eye a1425 (a1382) (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. (Harl. 221) 416 Purblynde [?a1475 Winch. Purblyynd], luscus. 1617 F. Moryson 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. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > short-sighted c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in (1916) 132 (MED) Eyn the qwyche be purblynde naturally betokyn gredynes. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart 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 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 §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 204 Myops is one that is Purblind. 1709 G. Berkeley §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 10 Feb. (1766) II. 227 I was in hopes you would have mended, like my purblind eyes, with old age. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > long-sighted a1500 (Cambr.) f. 72v 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 iii. iii. sig. Yvi But a weighty or heuy cloke, fresshely gliteringe in the eyen of them that be poreblynde. 1547 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 (new ed.) sig. Eiij And when thou hast on foote the purblind hare, Marke the poore wretch. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart 56 Some are borne starke blinde, and some purblinde. 1671 J. Sharp 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 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 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 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 i. i Old Nanon the cook, purblind, stone-deaf, and all but imbecile. a1894 R. L. Stevenson (1896) i. vii. 63 There were shown in to us an old, worn, purblind, ascetic-looking priest, and a lay brother. 1950 21 Nov. 4/5 A purblind old man tottered before them. 1990 14 Apr. 41/6 The purblind husband and lesbian wife, occasionally joined by their surprisingly normal son, moved constantly. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > having dimness or poor vision 1592 R. Greene sig. C A sawcie Signor there is, whose purblind eyes can scarcely discerne a Lowse from a Flea. 1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius iii. xvii. 202 Eies that are turn'd, that are poare-blind. 1681 J. Scudamore ii. 57 Lame Jades with Pockholes in their face; With furrow'd Cheeks and purblind Eyes. 1714 ‘P. Swift-Sight’ 12 A Spectre, in shape and form a Barrister, with Blubber-Lips, purblind Eyes. 1786 J. Cobb i. 17 His purblind eyes and winter's cough. 1862 E. Stoddard xv. 84 Like the sharp old gentleman he was, notwithstanding his purblind eyes. 1871 R. W. Buchanan i. 38 Every pinch of snuff they feebly take To clear their purblind eyes of rheum and mist. 1915 21 Nov. The old man wandered the streets..peering anxiously..with purblind eyes. 1962 M. Eagan tr. Prudentius 116 Their purblind eyes made blear with rheum. 1994 (Nexis) 2 Jan. He was enormously tall..with a fine head, transfixing, purblind blue eyes and a beautifully modulated voice. 1698 F. Fane (single sheet) He was hir'd, To light the purblind Skies. 1898 J. Hollingshead i. 17 Small..windows, blinking purblind at the busy..thoroughfare. 1961 L. Macneice Wiper in 64 Through purblind night the wiper Reaps a swathe of water On the screen. 1794 G. Adams 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. the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [adjective] 1533 T. More 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 4 Which their dull purblind ignorance not saw. 1629 W. Prynne 31 Mans darke, or purblinde carnall reason. 1660 W. Secker 313 Man is such a pur-blind creature, that he cannot unerringly see a day before him. 1742 W. Law i. 66 Nothing but a poor, groping, purblind Philosophy. 1791 M. Defleury 21 His purblind reason cannot comprehend The great, the grand Incomprehensible. 1829 T. Carlyle in Jan. 464 Their too purblind, scrambling controversies. 1859 C. Kingsley (1860) I. 118 Foresight as short and as purblind as that of the British farmer. 1891 T. Hardy II. xxxv. 200 Echoes from a time of supremely purblind foolishness. 1905 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 vi. 117 The unimaginative, purblind, selfish fools who had not believed him. 2006 (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. 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/. the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > impair perception [verb (transitive)] the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > afflict with disordered vision [verb (transitive)] > dim 1644 J. Howell 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 sig. P4v Those fatuous Vapors, whose false light Purblinds the World. 1770 29 The ignorant may be puzzled or circumvented, but the sagacious and discerning cannot be thus purblinded. 1789 H. Mustafa tr. Ghulam Husain Khan II. 186 This observation escaped his master: or if it did not, he was purblinded by his destiny. 1834 T. Carlyle iii. iii. 80/1 Were he not, as has been said, purblinded by enchantment. 1874 W. Jones 595 The eagle..can, by frightening and purblinding the animal [sc. a chamois], make it leap the precipice. 1951 61 235/1 Anyone not purblinded by naturalisms and relativisms and positivisms will find disturbing truths. 1988 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.?a1300 v.1644 |
