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

It was a treat to see the cloud shadows chasing each other over the fields of wind-tossed wheat, or the meadows golden with buttercups, and starred with the ox-eyed daisies.

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Its rotting fence one scarcely sees Through sumach and wild blackberries, Thick elder and the white wild-rose, Big ox-eyed daisies where the bees Hang droning in repose.

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Under the hill, through the iron weeds, And ox-eyed daisies and milkweeds, leads The path forgotten of all but one.

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There were great trailing sprays of ivy, and fern-fronds in my terra-cotta vases, and baskets of wild roses and ox-eyed daisies; never was my f�te day so charmingly inaugurated before.

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To tell the blunt truth, Lady McIntyre looked like some shrunken little duenna, attendant on the opulent majesty of the heavy-braided, ox-eyed Juno at her side.

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