young-eyed

American  

[yuhng-ahyd] / ˈyʌŋˌaɪd /

adjective

1. clear-eyed; bright-eyed.

2. having a youthful outlook; enthusiastic; fresh.

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Etymology

Origin of young-eyed

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

Great purity Shone from her—not the young-eyed innocence Of her whom first I saw, but that which comes From wider knowledge, which restrains the tide Of passionate youth, and leads the musing soul By the calm deeps of Wisdom.

From Project Gutenberg

Sit, Jessica: Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold; 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: Such harmony is in immortal souls; But, whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it.—

From Project Gutenberg

There's not the meanest orb, which thou behold'st, But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubims; Such harmony is in immortal souls.

From Project Gutenberg

They were of such tender and exalted rapture that we might well have thought them the voices of young-eyed cherubim, singing as they passed through Paradise over that spot of earth where we stood.

From Project Gutenberg

The clouds go by in rhythmic motion, the ferns whisper verses in the ear, the beams of the wondrous sun in endless song, for he, also, In his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubim, Such harmony is in immortal souls!

From Project Gutenberg