greener-eyed

Adjective

green-eyed (comparative more green-eyed or greener-eyed, superlative most green-eyed or greenest-eyed)

1. (literally) Having green eyes.
   • It was Floss—Floss, smaller, queerer, greener-eyed, and more defiant than ever; but internally, nevertheless, in a state of intense excitement and delight at the thought of seeing Aunty ’Genia again, hearing more dolls’ stories, possibly—who could say?—seeing those venerable ladies themselves.1873, Ennis Graham [pseudonym; Mary Louisa Molesworth], “The Last Straw”, in Not without Thorns. […], volume III, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], pages 146–147
2. (figuratively) Jealous; envious.
   • There is a startling vision of invasion in the air, which gives a certain piquancy to the narrative, especially as on the surface of the people’s seriousness of anticipation, if it cannot be called fear, there floats a sort of laughing incredulity—as if they did not believe that Napoleon would...1869 January 2, “[Reviews of Books.] Diana’s Crescent.”, in The London Review of Politics, Society, Literature, Art, & Science, volume XVIII, number 444, London, page 16, column 1