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

There were great, nodding, ox-eyed daisies that popped up pertly on either side, staring at them from amidst wastes of wild hyacinths and forget-me-nots that were bluer than Nellie’s witching eyes.

From Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel by Greene, John B.

He calls Homer, especially, "a tattler, who is incessantly repeating the same things in the same idle ridiculous epithets,--the swift-footed Achilles, the ox-eyed Juno, far-darting Apollo."

From Milton by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

A bunch of prairie flowers, flaming cactus blossoms in scarlet and yellow, ox-eyed daisies, white clematis from the creek, seemed none the less decorative for the tin cup that held them.

From Judith of the Plains by Manning, Marie

Large eyes were the fashion, as may be readily judged from the many pictures of ox-eyed maids which have been preserved.

From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby

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.

From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Carey, Rosa Nouchette