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gozzled

gozzled adjective: bug-eyed, bulging.

Adjective

gozzled (not comparable)

  1. (rare) bug-eyed, bulging
    • [He then gives the Spaniel Club's description of the 'Eyes':] 'Full, not prominent, hazel or brown-coloured, with a general expression of intelligence and gentleness, though decidedly wide-awake, bright, and merry; never gozzled or weak, as in the King Charles and Blenheim kinds'Dalziel, Hugh. 1888. British Dogs: Their Varieties, History, Characteristics, Breeding Management, and Exhibition. Second Edition, 3 vols. London: L. Upcott Gill. Derrida, Jacques. 1981
    • Heaven be praised, he was a dog of birth and breeding! His head was smooth; his eyes were prominent but not gozzled; his feet were feathered; he was the equal of the best-bred cocker in Wimpole Street.Woolf, Virginia. Flush (1933), Page 32

Origin of gozzled

Apparently a misprint of "goggled" or a reference to standing out like gooseberries, or groseille.

Questions about gozzled

What does gozzled mean?
Gozzled means bug-eyed, bulging.
What part of speech is gozzled?
Gozzled is an adjective.

Words near gozzled in the dictionary

  1. gozzan
  2. gozzans
  3. gozzard
  4. gozzards
  5. Gozzian
  6. gozzled
  7. Goâve
  8. goïng
  9. goûter
  10. Gołdap
  11. gołąbki

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