单词 | starry-eyed |
释义 | starry-eyedadj. a. Of a peacock's tail: having starlike markings. Cf. eye n.1 10a(a). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > marks > [adjective] > marked with stars starred1397 starry-eyed?1594 starrified1598 starry1600 stelliferous1822 the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > having eye-shaped spots eyespotted1590 eyed1591 starry-eyed?1594 ocellated1713 bird's-eyed1737 ocellate1825 ?1594 M. Drayton Peirs Gaueston sig. I Lyke a Pecock washed in the rayne, Trayling adowne his starry-eyed trayne. 1878 R. Brown Great Dionysiak Myth II. 83 The peacock..with its spotted, starry-eyed tail. b. Of a flower: star-shaped. Also of a plant: having such flowers. Cf. starry adj. 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having particular shape, form, or arrangement papilionaceous1668 umbellated1682 fistulous1690 umbelliferous1753 umbellate1760 butterfly-shaped1763 starry-eyed1793 umbelled1793 agglomerate1849 macrostylous1857 mesostylous1887 umbelliform1891 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > of specific size, form, or arrangement chaliceda1616 umbelliferous1668 umbellated1731 pyramidal1777 umbellate1785 starry-eyed1793 umbellal1836 hoop-petticoated1837 grandiflora1839 belleda1849 mop-headed1862 geminiflorous1866 notch-flowered1885 multiflora1934 1793 J. Ogden Georgics ii. 42 in Archery Some [flowers], as with diadems of fret-work crown'd, Part, of a livelier tint, and starry-ey'd. 1829 Relig. Mag. Feb. 137/1 The pale starry-eyed jessamine. 1892 J. Dorr Poems 319 Pink-white daisies, starry-eyed. 1914 G. C. Pringle Peebles & Selkirk vii. 35 The hill pastures..gleam with the tiny starry-eyed Helianthemum. 2. Having bright, shining eyes. Cf. bright-eyed adj. 2a. Now rare.In later use, there may be some overlap with sense 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. > having goggle-eyedc1384 well-eyed1483 pink-eyed1519 hollow-eyeda1529 small-eyed1555 great-eyed1558 bird-eyed1564 out-eyed1570 large-eyed1575 full-eyed1581 bright-eyed1590 wall-eyed1590 beetle-eyed1594 fire-eyed?1594 young-eyed1600 open-eyed1601 soft-eyed1606 narrow-eyed1607 broad-eyed?1611 saucer-eyed1612 ox-eyed1621 pig-eyed1655 glare-eyed1683 pit-eyed1696 dove-eyed1717 laughing-eyed1784 almond1786 wide-eyed1789 moon-eyed1790 big-eyed1792 gooseberry-eyed1796 red-eyed1800 unsealed1800 screw-eyed1810 starry-eyed1818 pinkie-eyed1824 pop-eyed1830 bead-eyed1835 fishy-eyed1836 almond-eyed1849 boopic1854 sharp-set1865 bug-eyed1872 beady-eyed1873 bias-eyed1877 blank-eyed1881 gape-eyed1889 glass-eyed1889 stone-eyed1890 pie-eyed1900 slitty-eyed1908 steely-eyed1964 megalopic1985 1818 J. Neal Battle of Niagara Introd. p. viii Her starry-eyed nurslings in extacy raise, As they mount with their bosoms all bare in the blaze Of their idol. 1854 Mothers' Jrnl. 19 158 Golden haired and starry eyed, Was a little sister mine. 1931 Times 23 Oct. 15/6 Beautiful creatures..fawnlike and starry-eyed, gentle and floral as their names. 1943 Vogue May 83/1 She was a beautiful and starry-eyed creature who remained, for twenty-five years, an admired and successful figure in American Burlesque. 3. a. Of an idea, outlook, etc.: characterized by or indicative of idealism or naivety; unrealistic. ΚΠ 1824 S. L. Fairfield Lays of Melpomene 6 Fates beyond the farthest ken Of starry-eyed philosophy. 1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xxvii. 390 A hope..started up, eager and starry-eyed. 1947 A. L. Rowse End of Epoch i. 14 The starry-eyed vacuity of the unteachable and the uneducable. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 891/4 Mr Grunberger's account is balanced, but..his conclusion is starry-eyed. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Dec. 27/1 Family resemblances are woven in without any justification beyond a rather starry-eyed rhetoric. b. Of a person: naively enthusiastic or idealistic; romantic. Cf. to have stars in one's eyes at star n.1 Phrases 7. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > artless, guileless, or innocent > and impractical or trusting soft-boiled1859 starry-eyed1878 dewy-eyed1938 dewy1958 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > [adjective] > devoted to ideals enthusiastical1614 enthusiastic1692 nympholeptic1818 idealistic1829 dreamy1845 starry-eyed1878 nympholept1902 1878 Independent Statesman 29 Aug. 383/2 Sweet, starry-eyed, pure dreamers, devoted to Tennyson. 1889 F. E. Willard Glimpses Fifty Years v. 303 Who forgets them [sc. creature comforts]? even long-haired artists, and starry-eyed poets confessing their indolent sway. 1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 398/1 Men and women who follow a..reform, led by a starry-eyed secretary. 1955 M. Dickens Winds of Heaven v. 130 Holding hands and being starry-eyed over bottles of Chianti in romantic little cafés. 1964 S. Brittan Treasury under Tories ii. vii. 208 He understood both businessmen and bureaucrats too well to be starry-eyed about either. 1979 Dædalus Summer 107 A starry-eyed bachelor woos the kitchen maid. 2007 Esquire Sept. 102/1 In my first week as a starry-eyed business journalist, a battle-hardened chief sub-editor put his arm round my shoulder and offered some advice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1594 |
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