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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

gimlet-eyed en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Having a squint.
  2. Having eyes which are in constant motion; shifty-eyed.
  3. Having piercing eyes, sharp-sighted.
    • 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley 'D—n her gooseberry wig,' said the corporal, when she was out of hearing, 'that gimlet-eyed jade—mother adjutant, as we call her—is a greater plague to the regiment than provost-marshal, ...
  4. Having keen vision.

Forms

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more gimlet-eyed Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most gimlet-eyed Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

squint-eyed (having a squint)

Translations (3)

pl o przeszywającym spojrzeniu (sharp-sighted) · cy â llygaid treiddgar (sharp-sighted) · cy â llygaid fel ebillion (sharp-sighted)