adjective · rare

purblind

pur·blind

purblind · more purblind · most purblind

полуслепой

halbblind

Of a person: having impaired visionOf a person: having impaired vision; partially blind; dim-sighted.

UK/ˈpɜːblaɪnd/US/ˈpɝblaɪnd/

Meaning

8 senses

(literary)Of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind; dim-sighted.
halbblind
полуслепойpoluslepoj
having greatly reduced vision
(literary)Of the eyes: unable to see well, especially due to old age; weak.
(figuratively, literary)Of a person: lacking in discernment or understanding; dim-witted, unintelligent.
lacking in insight or discernment
(figuratively, literary)Of a place: poorly illuminated; dark, dim.
(literary, obsolete)Completely blind.
(literary, obsolete)Having one eye blind.
(literary, obsolete)Near-sighted, short-sighted; myopic.
(literary, obsolete, rare)Far-sighted, long-sighted; hypermetropic.

Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted:

Origin

The adjective is derived from Middle English purblind (“(adjective) completely blind; blin

The adjective is derived from Middle English purblind (“(adjective) completely blind; blind in one eye; near-sighted; (noun) near-sighted animal, specifically a hare”) [and other forms], possibly from pur, pure (“completely, entirely”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to be clean; pure”); influenced by pur- (prefix meaning ‘completely; forward; in advance’)) + blind (“sightless, blind”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to blend, mix up; to make cloudy or opaque”)).

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