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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

wide shut en · ADJ

Etymology

Coined in analogy to wide open.

Meanings

  1. (humorous, not-comparable) Deliberately closed (off). (figurative) Wilfully closed-minded; unwilling to see the truth.
    • He is usually a perspicuous man, but when it comes to that one issue, he has his eyes wide shut.