pie-eyed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of pie-eyed
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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This Poe is a rum sort, pallid and pie-eyed and with a fondness for limericks.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
If Meghan felt she could do without spending her Christmasses alongside a friend of a convicted sex offender, it would take a more pie-eyed royalist than me to condemn her.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
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
He's a fool, that's what he is, a soft pie-eyed fool!
From Six One-Act Plays by Oliver, Margaret Scott
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