stye

sty

/ (staɪ) /

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noun plural styes or sties

inflammation of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid, usually caused by bacteriatechnical name hordeolum

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Word Origin for stye

C15 styanye (mistakenly taken as sty on eye), from Old English stīgend rising, hence swelling, stye + ye eye

Words nearby stye

St. Vincent, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vitus's dance, S twist, sty, stye, Stygian, styl-, stylar, stylate, style

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How to use stye in a sentence

The callous Justice passed on to the next stye, immersed in thought.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Well, there is a stye in the soul of every one of us, in which abides a porker more or less objectionable.
The Fiend's Delight|Dod Grile
As he jumped from the coop to the wall of the stye, he caught sight of several rats scampering to their holes.
Creatures of the Night|Alfred W. Rees
For example, in Servia, if a man has a stye on his eyelid he comes to the conclusion that his aunt is pregnant.
Schenk's Theory: The Determination of Sex|Samuel Leopold Schenk

Up the beach was his hut—I have seen many a stye a king to it—and in the doorway his—wife must I call her?
In Eastern Seas|J. J. Smith