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sloe-eyed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsloʊˌaɪd/ (US)
  • /ˈsləʊˌaɪd/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having dark eyes.
    • [S]warthy, sloe-eyed Mexicans, with huge sombreros on their knees, lolled in the shade of a tree. 1918, Zane Grey, chapter 35, in The U. P. Trail:
    • Macdonald's wife was an immensely stout, raven-haired, sloe-eyed, talkative body, the most motherly woman I have ever known. 1903, Joseph Conrad, F. M. Hueffer, Romance:
    • First you're another sloe-eyed vamp, then someone's mother, then you're camp. 1971, Stephen Sondheim, I'm Still Here (Follies song):
    • Royal Beaudry carried about with him in his work on the Lazy Double D persistent memories of the sloe-eyed gypsy. 1917, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 19, in The Sheriff's Son:

Translations (4)

hu kökényszemű (having dark eyes) · ru черногла́зый (having dark eyes) · bg черноок (having dark eyes) · pl ciemnooki (having dark eyes)