purblindness

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pur•blind  (pûr′blīnd′), adj. 

1. Ophthalmology nearly or partially blind;
   dim-sighted.
2. slow or deficient in understanding, imagination, or vision.
3. Ophthalmology [Obs.] totally blind.

• 1250–1300; Middle English pur blind completely blind; see pure (in obsolete adverb, adverbial sense), blind

pur′blind′ly, adv. 
pur′blind′ness, n. 
Synonyms

• 1, 2. See blind.