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单词 eyeship
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Eyeshipn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: eye n.1, -ship suffix.
Etymology: < eye n.1 + -ship suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
With possessive adjective: a (mock) title of respect given to a person known as ‘the Eye’ (of a monarch or other ruler). Cf. eye n.1 6a.
ΚΠ
1820 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Acharnians in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 29 The senate bids his Eyeship [Gk. τὸν βασιλέως ὀϕθαλμὸν, lit. ‘the eye of the king’] welcome; And asks his presence to the hall.
1835 Monthly Repos. 9 278 No doubt your Barbarian Eyeship finds yourself very comfortable here in Canton.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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