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walleyed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈwɔːlaɪd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wawil-eghed, Middle English wolden-eiged (“having very light-colored eyes; having parti-colored eyes”), from Old Norse vagl-eygr (“having speckled eyes”), in turn from Old Norse vagl (“speck or beam in the eye”) (compare Icelandic vagl (“film over the eye”), Swedish vagel (“stye in the eye”)) and Old Norse eygr, from Old Norse auga, which is cognate to English eye.

Meanings

  1. Having eyes with a pale-coloured iris.
  2. Having eyes of different colours.
  3. Suffering from exotropia.
    • A nose of land ran out into the sea from Tanoo and split the village into two parts; the parts diverged at a slight angle, so that the village of Tanoo had a wall-eyed stare out over the sea. 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 2, in Klee Wyck:
    • The little man only came up to Poplavsky's shoulder, but he reduced him to mortal terror with his fang, his knife and his walleyed squint, and he had an air of cool, calculating energy. 1967, Mikhail Bulgakov, translated by Michael Glenny, The Master and Margarita, Signet, Book One, Chapter 18, p. 197:
    • […] this is the bloodiest shame, The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse. c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
  4. (of fish) Having bulging eyes.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more walleyed Degree=Cmp lexicographic
wall-eyed alternative lexicographic
most walleyed Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

walleye · walleyed pike

Relateds

fish-eyed · wide-eyed

Translations (9)

nl met glasogen (having eyes with a pale coloured iris) · fr vairon (having eyes of different colour) · fr strabisme divergent (suffering from exotropia) · nl uitpuilende ogen (having bulging eyes) · fr yeux globuleux (having bulging eyes) · bg с изпъкнали очи (having bulging eyes) · nl ogen met divergent strabisme (suffering from exotropia) · de Birkauge (having eyes with a pale coloured iris) · nl ogen met verschillende kleuren (having eyes of different colour)