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eye-apple

eye-apple noun: the eyeball or pupil.

Noun

eye-apple (plural eye-apples)

  1. The eyeball or pupil
  2. Synonym of apple of one's eye.
    Synonyms:
    apple of one's eye

Synonyms of eye-apple

  • apple of one's eye

Forms of eye-apple

pluraleye-apples

Origin of eye-apple

From Middle English ij appel, from Old English ēagæppel (“eyeball, pupil”), from Proto-West Germanic *augapl, equivalent to eye + apple. Cognate with West Frisian eachappel (“pupil”), Dutch oogappel (“eyeball; pupil”), German Augapfel (“eyeball”), Danish øjeæble (“eyeball”), Norwegian øyeeple (“eyeball”).

Questions about eye-apple

What does eye-apple mean?
Eye-apple means the eyeball or pupil.
What part of speech is eye-apple?
Eye-apple is a noun.
What is the plural of eye-apple?
The plural of eye-apple is eye-apples.

Words near eye-apple in the dictionary

  1. eye witness
  2. eye witnesses
  3. Eye, Moreton and Ashton
  4. eye-ache
  5. eye-aches
  6. eye-apple
  7. eye-apples
  8. eye-ball
  9. eye-balls
  10. eye-beam
  11. eye-brow

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