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

And what an image of the freshness of heaven and of youthful immortality is conveyed by the epithet young-eyed!

From Essays Æsthetical by Calvert, George H. (George Henry)

His servants shall stand in that day among 'the young-eyed cherubim,' and be like them for ever.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Maclaren, Alexander

Any ancient crone I'd toady    Like a lass in young-eyed prime, Could she tell some tale of Lodi    At that moving mighty time.

From Poems of the Past and the Present by Hardy, Thomas

Nor pour your descant, grating, on my soul; Thou young-eyed Spring, gay in thy verdant stole, More welcome were to me grim Winter’s wildest roar.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

Entreat, and fleet Life gaudily, and so play out their play, Even with the triumphing May— The young-eyed, smiling, irresistible May!

From Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses by Henley, William Ernest