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单词 all-eyed
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all-eyedadj.2

Brit. /ˈɔːlˌʌɪd/, /ˌɔːlˈʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈˌɔlˈˌaɪd/, /ˈˌɑlˈˌaɪd/
Forms: see all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj., eye n.1, and -ed suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: all adj., eye n.1, -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < all adj. + eye n.1 + -ed suffix2, after ancient Greek πανόπτης all-seeing. Compare post-classical Latin panoptes (1542 or earlier).Ancient Greek πανόπτης is used as an epithet of Zeus and of Argus.
That sees everything; that is always vigilant or watchful.Frequently, esp. in early use, as an epithet of Argus, a primordial giant in Greek mythology, after his typical Greek epithet.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > having watchful eyes
all-eyed1596
narrow-eyed1600
argus-eyed1603
argus-like1663
1596 C. M. First Pt. Nature of Woman iv. sig. C4 Commit a greater charge to my watchful care, then Iupiter to his all eied Argus.
1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. v. iii. 171 That all-eyed God, who will one day arraigne them for this their grosse effeminacie.
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 899 Let that all-eyed Argus [L. Argus ille..totus oculeus] tell.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. ii. 50 Whatever be my luck, thought I, with this all-eyed fair one, any other woman in the world..would be mine upon my own terms before the morning.
1845 R. Howitt Impressions Austral. Felix 207 The all-eyed anxiety which absorbed them on approaching the coast of Australia.
1914 I. Rosenberg Coll. Wks. (1937) 143 Speak to me,..Speak to the all-eyed soul.
1977 L. Hotson Shakespeare by Hilliard iv. 64 In the Schifanoia fresco already mentioned, all-eyed Argus is pictured as Mercury's attribute.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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