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▪ I. pink-eyed, a.1 Obs. exc. dial.|ˈpɪŋkaɪd|
Forms: 6 pinkyied, pynk iyde, pinke-eyed, pinky-ey'd, 7 pin(c)k-ey'd, 6– pink-eyed.
[Parasynthetic f. pink or pinkie eye + -ed2.]
1. Having small, narrow, or half-closed eyes; also, squint-eyed.
1519W. Horman Vulg. 30 b, Some haue mighty yies, and some be pinkyied [quidam peti]. 1523Skelton Garl. Laurel 626 Sum were made peuysshe, porisshly pynk iyde, That euer more after by it they were aspyid. 1601Holland Pliny xi. 335 [Maids] that were pinke-eied and had verie small eies, they tearmed Ocellæ. 1675T. Duffet Mock Tempest i. ii, I see thou grow'st pinck-ey'd, go in and let the Nurse lay thee to sleep. 1867Country Words 26 Jan. 208/2 Pink-eyed is small-eyed.
2. pink-eyed John, a popular name of the pansy.
1877N.W. Linc. Gloss. 1886[see pinkeny 3].
▪ II. pink-eyed, a.2
[f. pink a.1 + eye n.1 + -ed2.]
Having a pink or light red eye or eyes.
1830Jenner Signs of Rain 10 Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel. |