eyedrop en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From eye + drop. Compare West Frisian eachdrip (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”), Dutch oogdrup (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”). Compare also German Augentropfen (“eyedrops”).
Meanings
- Medicine to be administered to the eyes in the form of a drop of liquid.
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(poetic) A tear.
My lord, I found the prince in the next room, / Washing with kindly tears his gentle cheeks, / With such a deep demeanour in great sorrow / That tyranny, which never quaff'd but blood, / Would, by beholding him, have wash'd his knife / With gentle eye-drops. He is coming hither.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], line 88:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| eyedrops | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| eye-drop | alternative | lexicographic | |
| eye drop | alternative | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
drop · drop · medicine · medication · drug
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Translations (23)
hu szemcsepp (eye medicine) · id tetes mata (eye medicine) · vo logatof (eye medicine) · ary تقطيرة العين (eye medicine) · pt colírio (eye medicine) · pl krople do oczu (eye medicine) · it collirio (eye medicine) · de Augentropfen (eye medicine) · tl pamasla (eye medicine) · da øjendråber (eye medicine) · es colirio (eye medicine) · ko 안약 (eye medicine) · acw قَطْرة (eye medicine) · fi silmätippa (eye medicine) · fr gouttes oculaires (eye medicine) · acw قَطْرة عين (eye medicine) · nan-hbl 目藥水 /目药水 (eye medicine) · cs oční kapky (eye medicine) · ja 目薬 (eye medicine) · ar قَطْرَة عَيْن (eye medicine) · cmn 眼藥水 /眼药水 (eye medicine) · tr göz damlası (eye medicine) · yue 眼藥水 /眼药水 (eye medicine)