Purblind vs Bisson - What's the difference?
purblind | bisson |
Partially blind.
Near-sighted or dim-sighted.
Lacking in discernment or understanding.
* 1951 , publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 16, page 180, ¶ 9
* 2002 , John Waller, The Discovery of the Germ Introduction, page 4, ¶ 2
As adjectives the difference between purblind and bisson
is that purblind is partially blind while bisson is (archaic) sandblind, purblind.purblind
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- [“]You had another of your vacillating consultations with your councillors. Fine advisers.” With infinite scorn, “A herd of palsied purblind idiots hugging their sterile profits close to their sunken chests in the face of my father’s displeasure.”
- Finally, between 1880 and 1900, an explosive burst of experimental activity at last drove home the truth of germ theory to all but the most purblind of critics.