dry eyen.

Brit.

/ˌdrʌɪ ˈʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈˌdraɪ ˈaɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dry adj., eye n.¹

Etymology: < dry adj. + eye n.¹

1. colloquial. not a dry eye (in the house) and variants: no one present who is not crying or who is left unmoved. Cf. dry adj. 1a and house n.¹ 4c.

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?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1893) 243 Among whome was not oon drie eye.

1650 S. Sheppard Amandus & Sophronia iii. i. 94 The people thronging in heapes to see her, yet amongst that multitude, not a dry eye.

1716 J. Addison Drummer v. 48 There was not a dry Eye in the Parish at the News of his Death.

1767 W. Dodd Poems 35 (note) The Wranglers must no more joyously ravish the balmy blessings from the coy and struggling fair: scarce a dry eye was seen on the day when the wranglers were last expected.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. iv. 48 If tears could have washed it out, it had not been there now; for there was not a dry eye in the house .

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. x. 136 Every looker-on's inside shook with the blows of the great drum to his deepest vitals, and there was not a dry eye throughout the town among the public-house people and the nameless women!

1936 C. Sandburg People, Yes xlii. 84 There'll be many a dry eye at his funeral.

1967 Listener 21 Sept. 359/2 Hardly a dry eye with the older ones amongst us. And then again a little pause and the British Army marched by in drill order.

2001 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 23 Jan. When you hear some of the songs about the mining disasters there isn't a dry eye in the house.

2. Any ophthalmological condition characterized by tear deficiency; esp. (an informal name for) the condition keratoconjunctivitis sicca (cf. keratoconjunctivitis n. at kerato- comb. form ).

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > dryness

sclerophthalmia1704

xeroma1848

xerosis1890

sicca1938

dry eye1950

1950 Sci. Monthly 79 229/2 Some clinicians take the view that unless an individual shows definite, obvious signs of disease—dry eye, suggestive of lack of vitamin A..; et cetera—there is no clinical entity to discuss.

1974 Plastic & Reconstructive Surg. 54 644 (heading) ‘Dry Eye’ following blepharoplasty.

1982 T. Smith Macmillan Guide Family Health 316/1 Dry eye may occur in people with rheumatoid arthritis..but in many instances it occurs for no known reason.

1991 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 27 Oct. h3/1 Left untended, a mild irritation can progress to what is known as ‘dry eye’.

1997 Prevention Nov. 160 (advt.) Are you one of every five Americans suffering from undiagnosed Dry Eye Syndrome?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dry eye
释义	dry eyen. Brit. /ˌdrʌɪ ˈʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈˌdraɪ ˈaɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dry adj., eye n.¹ Etymology: < dry adj. + eye n.¹ 1. colloquial. not a dry eye (in the house) and variants: no one present who is not crying or who is left unmoved. Cf. dry adj. 1a and house n.¹ 4c. ΚΠ ?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1893) 243 Among whome was not oon drie eye. 1650 S. Sheppard Amandus & Sophronia iii. i. 94 The people thronging in heapes to see her, yet amongst that multitude, not a dry eye. 1716 J. Addison Drummer v. 48 There was not a dry Eye in the Parish at the News of his Death. 1767 W. Dodd Poems 35 (note) The Wranglers must no more joyously ravish the balmy blessings from the coy and struggling fair: scarce a dry eye was seen on the day when the wranglers were last expected. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. iv. 48 If tears could have washed it out, it had not been there now; for there was not a dry eye in the house . View more context for this quotation 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. x. 136 Every looker-on's inside shook with the blows of the great drum to his deepest vitals, and there was not a dry eye throughout the town among the public-house people and the nameless women! 1936 C. Sandburg People, Yes xlii. 84 There'll be many a dry eye at his funeral. 1967 Listener 21 Sept. 359/2 Hardly a dry eye with the older ones amongst us. And then again a little pause and the British Army marched by in drill order. 2001 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 23 Jan. When you hear some of the songs about the mining disasters there isn't a dry eye in the house. 2. Any ophthalmological condition characterized by tear deficiency; esp. (an informal name for) the condition keratoconjunctivitis sicca (cf. keratoconjunctivitis n. at kerato- comb. form ). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > dryness sclerophthalmia1704 xeroma1848 xerosis1890 sicca1938 dry eye1950 1950 Sci. Monthly 79 229/2 Some clinicians take the view that unless an individual shows definite, obvious signs of disease—dry eye, suggestive of lack of vitamin A..; et cetera—there is no clinical entity to discuss. 1974 Plastic & Reconstructive Surg. 54 644 (heading) ‘Dry Eye’ following blepharoplasty. 1982 T. Smith Macmillan Guide Family Health 316/1 Dry eye may occur in people with rheumatoid arthritis..but in many instances it occurs for no known reason. 1991 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 27 Oct. h3/1 Left untended, a mild irritation can progress to what is known as ‘dry eye’. 1997 Prevention Nov. 160 (advt.) Are you one of every five Americans suffering from undiagnosed Dry Eye Syndrome? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1562
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