ox-eyed

American  

[oks-ahyd] / ˈɒksˌaɪd /

adjective

1. having large, round eyes similar to those of an ox.

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ox-eyed British  

adjective

1. having large round eyes, like those of an ox

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Etymology

Origin of ox-eyed

First recorded in 1615–25; ox + eyed

Example Sentences

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ox-eyed

She gazed on him like an ox-eyed Juno; you know her way.

From Jaffery by Locke, William John

With wide, unseeing eyes she stared at a patch of green grass in front of her where ox-eyed daisies grew like golden stars.

From Peggy Owen and Liberty by Madison, Lucy Foster

Let me add here that I heard Fannie Bloomfield play the little sonata, wrongfully called facile, when she was a tiny, ox-eyed girl of six or seven.

From Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques by Huneker, James

One collector labels the shanty 'The hog-eyed man,' and another goes still further wide of the mark by calling it 'The ox-eyed man.'

From The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties by Terry, Richard Runciman

She ran out to the fields, and returned with an armful of ox-eyed daisies, and bunches of clover; and, with some grapevine trails, she made a real transformation of the dingy, bare walls.

From Marjorie at Seacote by Wells, Carolyn