blink-eyed en · ADJ
Etymology
From blink + eyed.
Meanings
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Habitually winking.
Mingled with powdred shot & fethered steele So thicke vpon the blink-ei’d Burghers heades
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The Second Part […], 2nd edition, part 2, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most blink-eyed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more blink-eyed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |