eie
eie is the obsolete spelling of eye.
Meaning of eye
Noun
eye (plural eyes or (archaic or dialectal) eyen)
- An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
- Near-synonym: eyeball
- Synonyms:
- eyeball
- The visual sense.
- The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.
- The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
- Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.
- Attention, notice.
- That dress caught her eye.
- The ability to notice what others might miss.
- He has an eye for talent.
- Synonyms:
- perceptiveness
- A sexually or romantically suggestive one.
- She was giving him the eye at the bar.
Forms of eie
| plural | eies |
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Questions about eie
- What is eie the obsolete spelling of?
- Eie is the obsolete spelling of eye.
Words near eie in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: eie (page history and authors); eye (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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