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walleyed

/ˈwɔːlaɪd/

walleyed adjective: having eyes with a pale-coloured iris.

Adjective

walleyed (comparative more walleyed, superlative most walleyed)

  1. Having eyes with a pale-coloured iris.
  2. Having eyes of different colours.
  3. Suffering from exotropia.
    • […] this is the bloodiest shame,
      The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke,
      That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage
      Presented to the tears of soft remorse.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • A nose of land ran out into the sea from Tanoo and split the village into two parts; the parts diverged at a slight angle, so that the village of Tanoo had a wall-eyed stare out over the sea.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 2, in Klee Wyck
  4. Having bulging eyes.

Forms of walleyed

comparativemore walleyed
superlativemost walleyed
alternative formwall-eyed

Origin of walleyed

Inherited from Middle English wawil-eghed, Middle English wolden-eiged (“having very light-colored eyes; having parti-colored eyes”), from Old Norse vagl-eygr (“having speckled eyes”), in turn from Old Norse vagl (“speck or beam in the eye”) (compare Icelandic vagl (“film over the eye”), Swedish vagel (“stye in the eye”)) and Old Norse eygr, from Old Norse auga, which is cognate to English eye.

Words formed from walleyed

Questions about walleyed

What does walleyed mean?
Walleyed means having eyes with a pale-coloured iris.
What part of speech is walleyed?
Walleyed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce walleyed?
Walleyed is pronounced /ˈwɔːlaɪd/.

Words near walleyed in the dictionary

  1. walleye chop
  2. walleye chops
  3. walleye epidermal hyperplasia virus
  4. walleye epidermal hyperplasia viruses
  5. walleye jump
  6. walleyed
  7. walleyed pike
  8. walleyes
  9. wallfish
  10. wallflower
  11. wallflower cabbage

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