ox-eyed

English

Adjective

ox-eyed (comparative more ox-eyed, superlative most ox-eyed)

1. Having large, full eyes, like those of an ox.

   Synonym: cow-eyed

   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:

     Homer useth that epithite of ox-eyed, in describing Juno, because a round black eye is the best

Derived terms

• ox-eyed oreo (Oreosoma atlanticum)
• ox-eyed scad (Selar boops)
• ox-eyed susan
• ox-eyed daisy

References

• “oxeyed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.