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   purblind

   /ˈpəːblʌɪnd/

   adjective

   • 1. having impaired or defective vision; partially blind. literary
   • ▪ slow or unable to understand; dim-witted: literary "something is fundamentally wrong, as even the most purblind apologists must surely come to recognize"

   Word Origin Middle English (as two words in the sense ‘completely blind’): from the adverb pure ‘utterly’ (later assimilated to pur-) + blind.

   Derivatives

   • 1. purblindness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • P

     3

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • D

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