purblind

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

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

Noun

A person who has impaired vision or is partially blind.

Verb

To cause (someone) to have impaired vision or become partially blind.

Oposat a

brainless, dumb, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, insensible, lowbrow, mindless, stupid, unintelligent, witless

Sinònims

obtuse

without foresight

dim-sighted

visually impaired

sand-blind

weak-sighted

near-blind

visually challenged

backward

dense

blind

shortsighted

slow

stupid

partially blind

Traduccions

kortzichtig

mankafa

anlayışsızlık

μισοστραβός

σχεδόν τυφλός

κοντόφθαλμος

obtuso

meio-cego

donuk gören

ضعيف النظر

yarı kör

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈpɜːblaɪnd/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: purblind

In summary

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”)).
Sense 4.1 (“completely blind”) was the original sense. The senses denoting partial blindness are possibly the result of confusion of the first element pur- with poor, perhaps through folk etymology. (Compare parboil regarding per versus pars.)
The noun and verb are derived from the adjective.