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▪ I. eyesore|ˈaɪsɔə(r)|
[f. eye n.1 + sore n.]
†1. A soreness of the eyes. Obs.
(In quot. a 1300 perh. an adj.)
a1300Salomon & Sat. (1848) 272 Betere is eyesor þen al blynd, quoþ Hendyng. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 76 a, Dates..ar hurtfull for them that haue..the eysore and..the tooth ache. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 94 Muche lookyng so, breedth much eie sore.
2. Something permanently offensive to the sight; an ugly mark or feature.
1530Rastell Bk. Purgat. iii. viii. 2 The spottes..be a great deformyte and eye sore. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. 222 These eyesores and blemishes in continual attendants about the service of Gods sanctuary. 1617Markham Caval. iii. 51 To bee..sickle hought behinde..is not amisse, though it be a little eye-sore. 1726Leoni tr. Alberti's Archit. I. 19 b, He is continually repenting and fretting at the Eye-sore. 1827H. Steuart Planter's G. (1828) 136 This, in parks much exposed, is found a very serious eye-sore. 1867A. Barry Sir C. Barry viii. 288 All the eyesores on the Surrey bank of the river.
†b. On a horse: A scar; also a flaw, defect. Obs.
1678Lond. Gaz. No. 1346/4 A dapple grey Gelding..an eye sore above his hoof upon one of his hinder legs. 1690Dryden Don Sebast. i. i, He's the best peice of Man's flesh in the Market; not an Eyesore in his whole body. 1711Lond. Gaz. No. 4795/4 An Eye-sore on the near hind Foot caused in Pacing.
3. A cause of annoyance, offence, or vexation; an object of dislike or disgust.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Luke xvi. 137 He might haue been an iyesore to all. 1586J. Hooker Girald. Irel. in Holinshed II. 63/2, I wote well how great an eiesore I am in your sight. a1618Raleigh Rem. (1644) 98 Thou shalt be a burthen, and an Eye sore to thy friends. 1759B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. Hants 125 The French..to whom they have always been an Eye-sore. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. (1861) 119 The onion patches of Pyquag were an eyesore to Jacobus Van Curlet and his garrison. 1876Mozley Univ. Serm. x. (1877) 206 Many of their neighbours are eyesores to them, and the very sight of them interrupts their repose.
attrib.1875W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 59 Antiquated and eyesore erections.
▪ II. ˈeyesore, a.
[f. eye n.1 + sore a.]
That has sore eyes. Hence ˈeyesoreness, soreness of the eyes; in quot. fig. Offensive ugliness.
1883Harper's Mag. Feb. 333/1 A bower of charm to the æsthetic sense in the midst of a dirty money-grubbing eye⁓soreness. |