单词 | owly-eyed |
释义 | > as lemmasowly-eyed owly-eyed adj. (a) having eyes like an owl's; (b) U.S. colloquial (now rare) intoxicated. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > unable to stand light owlya1586 owly-eyeda1586 owlish1596 owl-eyed1613 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxi. sig. Vu1v Their wicked mindes blind to the light of vertue, & owly eied in the night of wickednes. 1623 W. Drummond Flowres of Sion 39 Shadowes of shadowes, Atomes of thy Might, Still owlie eyed when staring on thy Light. 1900 Dial. Notes 2 47 Owly-eyed, 1. Intoxicated. 2. Wise. 1992 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 2 Nov. a3 He [sc. a cat] was..as scrawny and owly eyed as any alley stray. < as lemmas |
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