one-eyed

American  

[wuhn-ahyd] / ˈwʌnˌaɪd /

adjective

1. having but one eye.

2. Cards. being, of, pertaining to, or using a face card or cards on which the figure is shown in profile, such cards being the jack of spades, the jack of hearts, and the king of diamonds in standard packs of cards.

   One-eyed jacks are wild.

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Etymology

Origin of one-eyed

before 1000; Middle English, Old English

Example Sentences

Scientists from Lund University and the University of Sussex report that all vertebrates can be traced back to this ancient, one-eyed organism.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

Bob, a one-eyed African black-footed penguin, and Grub, a meerkat, were also scanned, along with a sloth named Arlo.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Two of my favorites are captured in the book — his abstract flights through molecular lights for the defunct Adventure Thru Inner Space and his one-eyed black cat for the Haunted Mansion.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

But in Danvers' living room she finds another clue pointing to the existence of life after death: Holden’s one-eyed bear, the same stuffed animal she saw in her vision.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2024

The one-eyed angel nodded a perfunctory “Hola” to Amarante, folded its beat-up wings—whose feathers rattled obscenely like those of a zopilote—and, like someone catering to hemorrhoids, eased painfully down nearby with an audible “Whew.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols