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doey

doey adjective: resembling or characteristic of a doe.

Adjective

doey (comparative more doey, superlative most doey)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a doe.
    • The little lady with the up-flipped hair and the doe-y eyes and the strategic crackle in her British voice (we’ve fallen hopelessly in love with her) does it again this Wednesday.1963 October 22, Mike, “Air News”, in The Rock Island Argus, 113th year, number 4, Rock Island, Ill., page 28
    • She’s got a new haircut, a white blazer pantsuit, soft doey eyes and four added years.1971 August, “What the stars are buying”, in Photoplay, volume 80, page 79, column 1

Examples of doey in a sentence

  • The doey, soft eyes of the dairy cows; […]1974 August 15, James R. Russell, “1974 Kentucky State Fair starts today, lasts 11 days”, in The Courier-Journal, volume 239, number 46...
  • A wisp of a girl with dark hair and doey eyes, she is dwarfed by those around her.1982 September 19, “Francey Babischkin”, in The Miami Herald, page 14:

Forms of doey

comparativemore doey
superlativemost doey

Origin of doey

From doe + -y.

Questions about doey

What does doey mean?
Doey means resembling or characteristic of a doe.
How do you use doey in a sentence?
The doey, soft eyes of the dairy cows; […]
What part of speech is doey?
Doey is an adjective.

Words near doey in the dictionary

  1. doesnae
  2. doesnt
  3. doest
  4. doeth
  5. Doetinchem
  6. doey
  7. dof
  8. DofE
  9. dofetilide
  10. doff
  11. doff one's hat to

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