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• pur´blind´ness — pur|blind «PUR BLYND», adjective. 1. nearly blind: »The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable, even to a purblind waiter (New Yorker). 2. Figurative. slow to discern or… …   Useful english dictionary

• sand´-blind´ness — sand blind «SAND BLYND», adjective. Archaic. half blind; dim sighted; purblind. ╂[perhaps alteration of unrecorded Old English samblind < sām part, half + blind blind] –sand´ blind´ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• stone´-blind´ness — stone blind «STOHN BLYND», adjective. totally blind. –stone´ blind´ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• red´-blind´ness — red blind «REHD BLYND», adjective. unable to distinguish the color red. –red´ blind´ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• col|or-blind|ness — color blindness, or col|or blind|ness «KUHL uhr BLYND nihs», noun. a visual inherited defect, consisting of an inability to tell certain colors apart or to perceive certain colors (usually red and green, sometimes blue and yellow) …   Useful english dictionary

• blind — blind; blind·age; blind·eyes; blind·fold·ed·ness; blind·ish; blind·ism; blind·less; blind·ly; blind·man; blind·man s; blind·ness; blind·stitch; blind·story; spur·blind; un·blind; blind·fold; pur·blind; blind·ing·ly; pur·blind·ly; pur·blind·ness; …   English syllables

• ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… …   English syllables

• blind — blind1 [ blaınd ] adjective ** 1. ) unable to see. Some people prefer to use the expression visually impaired to talk about blind people: Her father is completely blind. Blind and sighted children should attend the same school. go blind: The… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• blind — [[t]blaɪnd[/t]] adj. blind•er, blind•est, v. n. adv. 1) oph unable to see; lacking the sense of sight 2) unwilling or unable to understand: blind to their faults[/ex] 3) not characterized or determined by reason or control: blind chance[/ex] 4)… …   From formal English to slang

• blind — Unable to see; without useful sight. See blindness. * * * blind blīnd adj 1 a) lacking or deficient in sight esp having less than 1/10 of normal vision in the more efficient eye when refractive defects are fully corrected by lenses b) of or… …   Medical dictionary