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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“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 George H. (George Henry) Calvert
"There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubims."
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
Into the fields, in ghost-gray gown, The young-eyed Dusk comes slowly down; Her apron filled with stars she stands, And one or two slip from her hands Over the hills and away.
From Poems by Madison Julius Cawein
Samuel sometimes rose at night to watch the heavens, and he fancied he heard the voices of the "young-eyed cherubins."
From Samuel Brohl and Company by Victor Cherbuliez
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 Reuben Post Halleck
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