Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913 Purblind · Pur·blind · IPA /ˈpɝblaɪnd/ 01 a. Wholly blind. 1. Wholly blind. 2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole. “The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind.” — Latimer. “O purblind race of miserable men.” — Tennyson.