pie-eyed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of pie-eyed
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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To hold and affirm that creative work is essential to the spiritual well-being of any thriving civilization feels almost too pie-eyed to bear.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 29, 2018
“My goal was always to be a more unifying force, and, probably, I was a little pie-eyed about it,” Gilbert said in an interview.
From Washington Post • May 23, 2018
Virtually from the moment they started writing songs, Jagger and Richards were drawn to darkness: certainly, they were better at depicting decay and decadence than delivering pie-eyed hippy beatitudes.
From The Guardian • May 17, 2018
"There's too much money involved now for players to get themselves too pie-eyed," says David King, who runs Darts501, a darts information website.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2018
The pie-eyed piper and other impertinent plays for puppets.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1961 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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