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

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

By moonlight perhaps the white ox-eyed daisies show the most.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard

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

She reminded Richard of a gentle, well-conditioned, sweet-breathed calf staring over a bank among ox-eyed daisies and wild roses.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas

Ah, to my untried, youthful eyes those fresh great hay-fields, whitening with ox-eyed daisies, reddening with sweet-scented clover and streaked golden with vivid yellow butter-cups, over which the song-convulsed bobolinks hovered on arcuate wings!

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)