单词 | sunk-eyed |
释义 | > as lemmassunk-eyed C1. Parasynthetic (in sense 2), esp. in sunk-eyed.Analogous formations with sunken are more common from the 19th cent.: see sunken adj. Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1599 R. Surflet tr. A. Du Laurens Disc. Preserv. Sight x. 118 He becometh pale, leane, souning, without any stomacke to his meate, hollow and sunke eyed. 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. A2v The yeallow toothd, sunck-eyde, gowtie shankt Vsurer. a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) iv. iii. 23 Weel shew this shallow fooles sunck eyd dispaire. 1762 W. J. Mickle Providence 14 Sunk-ey'd, lean-rib'd Ghosts Yell'd in my ears. 1850 Amer. Whig Rev. Nov. 524/2 ‘Free Trade’ hangs on flags from the house-top, and is roared by a lean, sunk-eyed, big-boned Irish bellman. 1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. ii. viii. 57 The same woman, carrot-headed, thumb-nosed, sunk-chested. 1918 W. Owen Poems (1921) 26 Head to limp head, the sunk-eyed wounded scanned Yesterday's Mail. 1984 R. Taylor Loving Belle Starr 61 Watson's face seems to stare at him, mean and sunk-cheeked. 2003 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 1 June (Features section) A flawlessly polite and genial host, quite unlike the sullen, sunk-eyed figure in paramilitary uniform who stares balefully out from a hundred press cuttings. < as lemmas |
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