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单词 eye-soreness
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eye-sorenessn.

Brit. /ˈʌɪsɔːnəs/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌsɔrnəs/
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eyesore adj., -ness suffix; eye n.1, soreness n.
Etymology: Partly < eyesore adj. + -ness suffix, and partly < eye n.1 + soreness n. Compare earlier eyesore n.
1. The condition of having sore eyes; inflammation or soreness of the eyes. Also: an instance of this. Cf. eyesore adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > soreness
eyesore?a1200
eye-soreness1866
1866 Naut. Mag. & Naval Chron. Nov. 583 The evil which may be considered as locally permanent is eyesoreness, or ophthalmia.
1872 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Oct. 465/2 I ran through all the orthodox treatments for neuralgia from the hyssop on the wall in the shape of quinine, even to the cedar of Lebanon, or blisters and arsenic to eye-soreness.
1910 Jrnl. Engineers' Soc. Pennsylvania Mar. 119 Have had men there nine months who have not made any complaints of eye soreness.
1963 G. Tucker Dawn like Thunder xiii. 224 The glaring sun of the summer months, taken with the sand particles which filled the air.., induced an eye-soreness or ophthalmia.
2004 Australian (Nexis) 30 Sept. 9 It immediately triggered sneezing, eye-soreness, running noses and headaches.
2. Offensive ugliness; the quality or state of being an eyesore (eyesore n. 2a). Somewhat rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun]
uglinessc1340
foulnessa1398
dishonestyc1400
deformityc1450
laidure1483
ugsomeness1483
evilfavouredness1535
ill-favouredness1565
hard-favouredness1585
deformedness1588
disgrace1596
unsightliness1611
disfavour1706
hard-featuredness1839
eye-soreness1883
1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 333/1 A bower of charm to the æsthetic sense in the midst of a dirty money-grubbing eye-soreness.
1926 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News 25 Feb. 8/1 A garage owner, actually planning to eliminate all the eye-soreness from his building!
2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 14 May 26 Whatever one's views of its [sc. a wind turbine's] eye-soreness, at least it will provide a topic of conversation during the interval picnic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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