big-eyeadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈbɪɡʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈbɪɡˌaɪ/, Caribbean English

/ˈbɪɡˌai/

Forms: 1800s– big-eye, 1900s– beeg eye (Caribbean).

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

Etymology: < big adj. + eye n.¹ With senses A. 1 and B. 2 compare the scientific Latin specific epithets megalops (1805 or earlier; compare megalops n.) and macrophthalmus (1801 or earlier; < macro- macro- comb. form + ancient Greek ὀϕθαλμός eye: see ophthalmo- comb. form). With senses A. 2 and B. 1 compare Igbo anya ukwu covetousness, Twi ani-bere covetous, envious, malevolent (both lit. ‘eye big’); compare also Haitian Creole gwo je greedy (lit. ‘big eye’). Compare earlier big-eyed adj.

A. adj.

1. attributive. Designating various kinds of fish with large eyes. See also bigeye tuna n. at Compounds.

ΚΠ

1818 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 1 79 The big-eye herring (Clupea megalops) begin to be seen at the fish-market.

1936 E. Dupuch in Dict. Bahamian Eng. (1982) 17/2 A big-eye porgie on wun side uv 'im an' wun lobster on d'udder side.

1990 Salt Water Sportsman Dec. 99/1 The goggle eye (big-eye scad) is the most popular bait.

2002 Daily Tel. 31 May 14/2 Barracuda, big-eye thresher, saddled sea bream and almaco jack, have been recorded for the first time in the English Channel.

2. Caribbean and in African-American usage. Covetous; greedy. Cf. sense B. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > inordinately desirous of possessions

greedya1000

overgreedyOE

avarous1303

covetous1340

concupiscible1398

avaricious1474

silver-sick?a1500

lucrous1511

having1528

lucrative1549

concupiscentious1555

holding1569

griping?1573

concupiscential1577

over-havinga1600

gripulous1614

ingordigious1637

concupitive1651

appropriative1655

lucripetous1675

coveting1699

grasping1747

concupiscenta1834

acquisitive1846

pleonectic1858

big-eye1868

wanting1876

possessive1889

grabby1910

gold-digging1925

territorial1966

1868 T. Russell Etymol. Jamaica Gram. 12 Big-eye people nubba is fe satisfy in dis wol.

1918 E. C. Parsons Folk-Tales Andros Island, Bahamas vii. 9 B'o' Boukee was beeg eye, he wants plentee.

1958 J. Carew Black Midas i. 20 Me was talking to the big-eye boy in Brother C. shop.

1972 T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out 178 Big eye, greedy.

1996 R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (at cited word) You too big-eye, that's why yo(u) snatch de biggest mango an(d) fin(d) it spoil.

B. n.

1. Caribbean and in African-American usage. to have a (also the) big eye and variants: to be covetous or greedy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions > an inordinate desire for possessions

concupiscencec1384

concupiscency1608

big-eye1821

1821 J. F. Cooper Spy I. x. 161 ‘It must have been the money that disturbed him.’.. ‘I nebber tink Johnny Birch had such big eye,’ said the African.

1889 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 2 533 B' Spider 'e did have such a big eye; 'e did vwant all de bananas.

1950 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xiv. 14 He got de big eye, he wants more than his share.

1999 J. Arnott Long Firm ii. 94 Ogungbe is a very ambitious young man. He has, as we say here, got a big eye.

2. Usually in form bigeye.

a. Any of various fishes of the family Priacanthidae, typically inhabiting tropical waters and large-eyed and bright red in colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > member of family Priacanthidae (bull's-eye)

big-eye1862

bull's-eye1882

1862 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1861 41 Priacanthus macrophthalmus Cuv. ‘Big-eye.’

?1877 J. B. Holder Hist. Amer. Fauna in J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. (new ed.) p. ccxliii Common Big-Eye..—This is recorded as a doubtful species, found in the West Indies.

1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 180/2 Catalufas or bigeyes—family Priacanthidae. Very large eyes, small rough scales, and bright red color, rarely with a pattern, are the marks of the carnivorous, nocturnal catalufas.

2000 D. A. Thomson et al. Reef Fishes of Sea of Cortez (rev. ed.) 107 Most bigeyes are deep-water fishes and are rarely seen by the average scuba diver.

b. = bigeye tuna n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Scombridae > genus Thunnus (tuna) > member of

mackerel-sture1768

tuna1881

kawakawa1887

ahi1892

bluefin1909

big-eye1957

1957 Science 1 Nov. 920/2 The latter species was not known west of the Azores until 1955, when Mather and H. Bullis identified a bigeye in the Caribbean.

1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 228/2 The eye is slightly larger than that of the yellowfin, the pectoral fin is longer, and there are striations on the edges of the liver—all features that..have caused much confusion in the identification of the bigeye.

1998 Sunday Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 2 Aug. c8/4 Ocean City's tuna run is dandy this year, both for yellowfins and bluefins, with bigeyes due.

Compounds

bigeye tuna n. a large migratory tuna, Thunnus obesus, found in warm seas and important as a food fish; (also) the flesh of this fish.

ΚΠ

1952 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 24 Feb. 9/4 So far only the Atlantic blackfin or bigeye tuna have been observed by the experimental vessel Oregon.

1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 228/2 The widely distributed bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus, looks a great deal like the common yellowfin but apparently spends most of its time in deep water.

2002 New Yorker 4 Nov. 23/2 Standout, among the appetizers are two vibrant seviches—one with red snappers, scallops, and spicy mango, the other with bigeye tuna and a salsa of chile and citrus.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	big-eye
释义	big-eyeadj.n. Brit. /ˈbɪɡʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈbɪɡˌaɪ/, Caribbean English /ˈbɪɡˌai/ Forms: 1800s– big-eye, 1900s– beeg eye (Caribbean). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., eye n.¹ Etymology: < big adj. + eye n.¹ With senses A. 1 and B. 2 compare the scientific Latin specific epithets megalops (1805 or earlier; compare megalops n.) and macrophthalmus (1801 or earlier; < macro- macro- comb. form + ancient Greek ὀϕθαλμός eye: see ophthalmo- comb. form). With senses A. 2 and B. 1 compare Igbo anya ukwu covetousness, Twi ani-bere covetous, envious, malevolent (both lit. ‘eye big’); compare also Haitian Creole gwo je greedy (lit. ‘big eye’). Compare earlier big-eyed adj. A. adj. 1. attributive. Designating various kinds of fish with large eyes. See also bigeye tuna n. at Compounds. ΚΠ 1818 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 1 79 The big-eye herring (Clupea megalops) begin to be seen at the fish-market. 1936 E. Dupuch in Dict. Bahamian Eng. (1982) 17/2 A big-eye porgie on wun side uv 'im an' wun lobster on d'udder side. 1990 Salt Water Sportsman Dec. 99/1 The goggle eye (big-eye scad) is the most popular bait. 2002 Daily Tel. 31 May 14/2 Barracuda, big-eye thresher, saddled sea bream and almaco jack, have been recorded for the first time in the English Channel. 2. Caribbean and in African-American usage. Covetous; greedy. Cf. sense B. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > inordinately desirous of possessions greedya1000 overgreedyOE avarous1303 covetous1340 concupiscible1398 avaricious1474 silver-sick?a1500 lucrous1511 having1528 lucrative1549 concupiscentious1555 holding1569 griping?1573 concupiscential1577 over-havinga1600 gripulous1614 ingordigious1637 concupitive1651 appropriative1655 lucripetous1675 coveting1699 grasping1747 concupiscenta1834 acquisitive1846 pleonectic1858 big-eye1868 wanting1876 possessive1889 grabby1910 gold-digging1925 territorial1966 1868 T. Russell Etymol. Jamaica Gram. 12 Big-eye people nubba is fe satisfy in dis wol. 1918 E. C. Parsons Folk-Tales Andros Island, Bahamas vii. 9 B'o' Boukee was beeg eye, he wants plentee. 1958 J. Carew Black Midas i. 20 Me was talking to the big-eye boy in Brother C. shop. 1972 T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out 178 Big eye, greedy. 1996 R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (at cited word) You too big-eye, that's why yo(u) snatch de biggest mango an(d) fin(d) it spoil. B. n. 1. Caribbean and in African-American usage. to have a (also the) big eye and variants: to be covetous or greedy. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions > an inordinate desire for possessions concupiscencec1384 concupiscency1608 big-eye1821 1821 J. F. Cooper Spy I. x. 161 ‘It must have been the money that disturbed him.’.. ‘I nebber tink Johnny Birch had such big eye,’ said the African. 1889 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 2 533 B' Spider 'e did have such a big eye; 'e did vwant all de bananas. 1950 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xiv. 14 He got de big eye, he wants more than his share. 1999 J. Arnott Long Firm ii. 94 Ogungbe is a very ambitious young man. He has, as we say here, got a big eye. 2. Usually in form bigeye. a. Any of various fishes of the family Priacanthidae, typically inhabiting tropical waters and large-eyed and bright red in colour. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > member of family Priacanthidae (bull's-eye) big-eye1862 bull's-eye1882 1862 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1861 41 Priacanthus macrophthalmus Cuv. ‘Big-eye.’ ?1877 J. B. Holder Hist. Amer. Fauna in J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. (new ed.) p. ccxliii Common Big-Eye..—This is recorded as a doubtful species, found in the West Indies. 1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 180/2 Catalufas or bigeyes—family Priacanthidae. Very large eyes, small rough scales, and bright red color, rarely with a pattern, are the marks of the carnivorous, nocturnal catalufas. 2000 D. A. Thomson et al. Reef Fishes of Sea of Cortez (rev. ed.) 107 Most bigeyes are deep-water fishes and are rarely seen by the average scuba diver. b. = bigeye tuna n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Scombridae > genus Thunnus (tuna) > member of mackerel-sture1768 tuna1881 kawakawa1887 ahi1892 bluefin1909 big-eye1957 1957 Science 1 Nov. 920/2 The latter species was not known west of the Azores until 1955, when Mather and H. Bullis identified a bigeye in the Caribbean. 1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 228/2 The eye is slightly larger than that of the yellowfin, the pectoral fin is longer, and there are striations on the edges of the liver—all features that..have caused much confusion in the identification of the bigeye. 1998 Sunday Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 2 Aug. c8/4 Ocean City's tuna run is dandy this year, both for yellowfins and bluefins, with bigeyes due. Compounds bigeye tuna n. a large migratory tuna, Thunnus obesus, found in warm seas and important as a food fish; (also) the flesh of this fish. ΚΠ 1952 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 24 Feb. 9/4 So far only the Atlantic blackfin or bigeye tuna have been observed by the experimental vessel Oregon. 1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 228/2 The widely distributed bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus, looks a great deal like the common yellowfin but apparently spends most of its time in deep water. 2002 New Yorker 4 Nov. 23/2 Standout, among the appetizers are two vibrant seviches—one with red snappers, scallops, and spicy mango, the other with bigeye tuna and a salsa of chile and citrus. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1818
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