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eyesalve

eyesalve noun: an ointment for the eye.

Noun

eyesalve (plural eyesalves)

  1. An ointment for the eye.
    • anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelations 3:17

eyesalve meaning in Tamil

eyesalve in Tamil

மையிழுது

Forms of eyesalve

pluraleyesalves
alternative formeye-salve
alternative formeye salve

Origin of eyesalve

From Middle English eȝhe-salfe, from Old English ēagsealf (“eye-salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *augasalbā (“eye-salve”), equivalent to eye + salve. Cognate with Dutch ogenzalf (“eyesalve”), German Augensalbe (“eyesalve”), Swedish ögonsalva (“eyesalve”).

Questions about eyesalve

What does eyesalve mean?
Eyesalve means an ointment for the eye.
What is eyesalve in Tamil?
Eyesalve in Tamil is மையிழுது. See Eyesalve meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eyesalve?
Eyesalve is a noun.
What is the plural of eyesalve?
The plural of eyesalve is eyesalves.

Words near eyesalve in the dictionary

  1. eyes on the ground
  2. eyes on the prize
  3. eyes right
  4. eyes up
  5. eyes-only
  6. eyesalve
  7. eyesalves
  8. eyescrew
  9. eyescrews
  10. eyeservant
  11. eyeservants

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: eyesalve (page history and authors); eyesalve (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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