young-eyed
Americanadjective
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clear-eyed; bright-eyed.
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having a youthful outlook; enthusiastic; fresh.
Etymology
Origin of young-eyed
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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It is as if the pearly gates had been opened for a brief interval to let the earth hear the “quiring of the young-eyed cherubims.”
From Some Spring Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John
He called it "A song of the young-eyed Cherubim In the days of the making of man."
From Love's Pilgrimage by Sinclair, Upton
“There’s not the smallest orb which thou behold’st, But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins.”
From Essays Æsthetical by Calvert, George H. (George Henry)
I thought to find him standing by the way, Waiting to seize the splendour from my hand, The swift, young-eyed runner with the torch.
From Watchers of the Sky by Noyes, Alfred
Wordsworth spoke of him as "the marvelous boy"; Coleridge called him "young-eyed Poesy"; Shelley honored him in Adonais; and Keats inscribed Endymion to his memory.
From Halleck's New English Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post
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