gooseberry-eyed en · ADJ
Etymology
From gooseberry + eyed.
Meanings
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(British, archaic, slang) Having prominent and dull grey eyes.
He was a small, smug-faced, gooseberry-eyed man, quick in his movements, glib with his tongue, and full of the quaint shop-courtesy of eighty years ago […]
1871, Eustace Clare Grenville Murray, The Member for Paris, page 31:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most gooseberry-eyed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more gooseberry-eyed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |