eyefuln.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪfʊl/, U.S.

/ˈaɪˌfʊl/

Forms: see eye n.¹ and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: eye n.¹, -ful suffix.

Etymology: < eye n.¹ + -ful suffix.

a. As much as the eye can see or take in at once.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun]

i-sightc888

sightc950

regard1586

aspectc1600

observed1604

visiona1616

landscape1659

eyefula1808

visibilia1936

a1808 D. Mackintosh Coll. Gaelic Prov. (1819) 121 Your eyefull is more than your bellyfull.

1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) ii. iii. 349 By management of the walks and trees, an eyeful of any part seldom contains more than two or three groups.

1876 D. Stevenson in Good Words 687 [We] with large eye-fuls took the landscape in.

1944 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 28 115 Reading by eyefuls rather than word by word.

1996 T. Palmer Amer. by Rivers (1998) ii. 79 Ann and I..bicycled downstream from Roosevelt Island, the 19-mile trail an eyeful of freeway knots, jumbo jets screaming in and out of National Airport, [etc.].

b. As much as an eye can hold; a quantity that fills the eye.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > other vessels or receptacles

fontfulc1405

shellfulc1450

eggshell-fula1475

cruseful1561

mangerful1600

thimbleful1607

hornful1610

vatful1632

flask1730

fanful1807

urnful1820

watch-glassful1830

thimble1841

eyeful1853

vaseful1856

kettleful1862

sink1868

sinkful1873

troughful1877

tankful1887

teapotful1895

walletful1909

1853 Knickerbocker Dec. 569 Such matters of grief as gain large proportion by the magnifying property of an eyeful of tears.

1919 Motorcycling & Bicycling 10 Sept. 18 (caption) Giving the crowd an eyeful of sand in the potato race.

1993 M. Eccles Company She Kept 58 What they [sc. police detectives] had about the dead woman didn't amount to much more than an eyeful of cold tea.

2009 M. Leimbach Man from Saigon (2010) iv. 198 She drops a foot or more,..scraping her cheek and getting an eyeful of grit.

c. A small amount or short period of sleep. Cf. wink n.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > an instance or period of > short or light

sloomOE

wink1362

napa1400

slumber1488

dog's sleep1560

dogsleep1674

(not) a wink of sleep1682

doze1731

snooze1793

snatch1820

forty winks1828

eyeful1860

snoose1912

caulk1917

zizz1941

1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth II. 37 You drop off again, and get about an eyeful of sleep: lo, it is tinkle, tinkle, for matins.

1883 Temple Bar May 41 Gladstone..never had to..lie late a-bed in the morning snatching fitful eyefuls of sleep.

1918 ‘R. Dehan’ That which hath Wings xxiii. 171 A stray half-hour for a meal and a snatched eyeful of sleep now and then.

1976 A. G. Jones in M. Drabble & C. Osborne New Stories I. 176 John slept only an eyeful all night.

2002 ‘Audioslave’ Show me how to Live (transcribed from song) With the early dawn moving right along, I couldn't buy an eyeful of sleep.

2. colloquial (originally Irish English).

a. A full or comprehensive look at something. Esp. in to get (also take, etc.) an eyeful (of) (in early use also †to take an eyeful out of): to have a good look (at); to take the opportunity to observe something or someone attractive, gratifying, remarkable, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > stare or gaze

stare1553

gaze1566

goggle1651

gloze1654

gape1660

glower1715

dead set1781

death stare1818

death glare1819

eyeful1847

gape-seed1852

1847 Dublin Univ. Mag. Jan. 46/1 [He] strode out of the shop, not omitting to take an eyefull out of the colonel as he passed.

1857 Nation (Dublin) 14 Mar. 458/3 The lithe, adroit inhabitants [of Paris] stop to take an eyeful of the illustrious feuilletonist as he lounges down to his favourite Club.

1883 Boy's Own Paper 16 June 605/3 Crow took an eyeful of us as we stood there, evidently dying with curiosity to know what it all meant.

1899 S. MacManus In Chimney Corners 248 She took an eyeful out of Jack, an' right well plaised she was with his appearance.

1913 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-News 15 Apr. 6/5 When she is wearing silk ones she doesn't care if you do get an eyeful.

1934 Washington Post 20 Apr. 19/2 Early arrivals at this course..were treated to an eyeful of C. V. Whitney's Equipoise in action.

1986 D. Potter Singing Detective iii. 111 He..lifts it higher, enough to expose her thigh. Mrs Marlow: That's right. Get an eyeful.

2001 J. Watts Mae West (2003) v. 97 Those men..who had come to catch an eyeful of the voluptuous West in a bathing suit left disappointed.

b. A striking or impressive sight; (sometimes) spec. an exceptionally attractive person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > sight or spectacle

sightc950

showingOE

spectacle1434

inspectionc1460

show1536

object1588

eyemark1595

theatre1606

theorya1626

exhibit1676

exhibition1786

something to see (or look at)1808

eyeful1858

spectacular1890

1858 D. Boucicault Pope of Rome iii. iv. 28 Scars and sinews! You are an eyeful for a woman!

1918 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 13 Aug. 4/4 I spied a pretty girl carrying a basket on her arm... She was quite an eyeful.

1929 H. V. Morton In Search of Scotl. ii. 46 ‘You have seen the Crown Jewels in London?’ ‘I'll say so! They're an eyeful.’

1975 F. Kidd Enchantment in Blue v. 76 ‘That's Nick driving the speed boat now.’ ‘Oh, yes, the blond boy from Maryland. He's quite an eyeful, isn't he?’

2006 ‘A. Ant’ Stand & Deliver i. 22 I thought she was very beautiful. (Not as beautiful as Kimmy Dumbleton maybe, but an eyeful all the same.)

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† eyefuladj.¹

Forms: Old English ægeful (rare), Old English ægful (rare), Old English egeful, Old English egefull, early Middle English eȝeful, early Middle English eȝefull- (inflected form), early Middle English eȝfull- (inflected form), early Middle English eifull- (inflected form), Middle English eiful, Middle English eyfold (probably transmission error), Middle English eyful.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: eye n.², -ful suffix.

Etymology: < eye n.² + -ful suffix.Compare the ultimately related eyesful adj., which is slightly more frequent in Old English and early Middle English, with a very similar semantic range (compare variant readings in quots. OE² and a1250).

Obsolete.

Arousing or inspiring awe, fear, or dread; terrible, dreadful. Cf. awful adj. I., eyesful adj.Quot. a1450 probably shows a scribal substitution of this word for the rare highful adj. (compare discussion at that entry), or perhaps is to be regarded as showing that word.

ΚΠ

eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. ix. 424 Þa he [sc. Romane nama] com ærest to Parðum... Ac he wæs þeah þærymbutan manegum folce swiðe egeful [L. formidolosa].

OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 466 Þa swefna beoð wynsume þe gewurðaþ of Gode, and þa beoð egefulle ðe of þam deofle cumað.

OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Deut. (Laud.) x. 17 Drihten sylf ys goda God, mære God and mihtig and egefull [OE Claud. egesful; L. terribilis].

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 81 He hem gaf to andswere eifulle word.

a1250 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Titus) (1981) l. 29 Þurh fearlac of eifule [c1225 Bodl. eisfule] þreates.

a1450 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (London Univ.) l. 7729 [c1325 Calig. Sturne he was þoru out al, &] eyful [c1400 BL Add. eyfold].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

eyefuladj.²

Brit.

/ˈʌɪfʊl/, U.S.

/ˈaɪˌfʊl/

Forms: see eye n.¹ and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: eye n.¹, -ful suffix.

Etymology: < eye n.¹ + -ful suffix.

†1. Observant, vigilant; (later also more generally) careful. Obsolete (English regional (northern) in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [adjective]

wakerc1000

watchingOE

wakingc1175

wakerlyc1400

circumspect1430

vigilant?a1500

prick-eared?1550

invigilant1570

vigil?1576

wakeful1589

eyeful1594

open-eyed1601

argus-eyed1603

watchful1603

alert1618

awake1619

vigilant1655

guardful1749

1594 R. Barnfield Affectionate Shepheard sig. Giv Argus (eyefull Earle) when first the ken of a Castle He had spide.

1626 R. Bolton Some Gen. Direct. for Comfortable Walking with God (ed. 2) 89 If thou be not extraordinarily and exactly vigilant & eye-full ouer thy heart, thou mayest iustly feare.

1655 J. Bisco Grand Triall of True Conversion 435 We should be more carefull and eyefull of our thoughts, and wayes, then we be.

a1765 W. Dunkin Poet. Wks. (1769) I. 97 Safe steer thy progress through the planted band of eyeful foes.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words (at cited word) ‘He's varry eeful over his brass’, he is careful in laying out his money. ‘Be eeful’, mind what you are about.

†a. That may be plainly seen. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible

senec1175

well seenc1175

naked?c1225

well isenec1275

bremec1340

evidenta1382

apparent1393

palpable?1435

open1478

pointablea1555

faira1568

full-eyed1581

unmasked1590

eyeful?1611

plain1613

prospecta1640

unovercloudeda1658

intuitive1801

unmystified1822

shroudless1841

unforeshortened1846

trenchant1849

focusable1889

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads x. 396 He hung them up aloft upon a tamarisk bough As eyeful trophies.

b. Attractive or striking to the eye; visually impressive or pleasing. rare.In quot. 1882 apparently arising from a reinterpretation of quot. ?1611 at sense 2a.In quot. 1919 punningly after the name of the Eiffel Tower.

ΚΠ

1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. Eyeful, filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable [citing Chapman].

1919 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 15 June iv. 6/5 She is an enchanting eye-full—an ‘Eyeful Tower of maidenly charm’, says W. Bob Holland, comic lecturer and chronic gagster.

1970 Jet 23 Apr. 61 Leggy and shapely Carole Johnson will be an eyeful treat for park goers when the warm weather finally gets here.

1999 A. Gavot et al. Best of San Francisco & N. Calif. (ed. 4) 281/1 Fillmore Street.., a long strip of eyeful treasures.

2012 Alive (India) (Nexis) 8 Oct. From the winding roads, eyeful prospects of lime-green vegetation, and a bean-shaped lake unfurl below.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.a1808

adj.¹eOE

adj.²1594

单词	eyeful
释义	eyefuln. Brit. /ˈʌɪfʊl/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌfʊl/ Forms: see eye n.¹ and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: eye n.¹, -ful suffix. Etymology: < eye n.¹ + -ful suffix. 1. a. As much as the eye can see or take in at once. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] i-sightc888 sightc950 regard1586 aspectc1600 observed1604 visiona1616 landscape1659 eyefula1808 visibilia1936 a1808 D. Mackintosh Coll. Gaelic Prov. (1819) 121 Your eyefull is more than your bellyfull. 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) ii. iii. 349 By management of the walks and trees, an eyeful of any part seldom contains more than two or three groups. 1876 D. Stevenson in Good Words 687 [We] with large eye-fuls took the landscape in. 1944 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 28 115 Reading by eyefuls rather than word by word. 1996 T. Palmer Amer. by Rivers (1998) ii. 79 Ann and I..bicycled downstream from Roosevelt Island, the 19-mile trail an eyeful of freeway knots, jumbo jets screaming in and out of National Airport, [etc.]. b. As much as an eye can hold; a quantity that fills the eye. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > other vessels or receptacles fontfulc1405 shellfulc1450 eggshell-fula1475 cruseful1561 mangerful1600 thimbleful1607 hornful1610 vatful1632 flask1730 fanful1807 urnful1820 watch-glassful1830 thimble1841 eyeful1853 vaseful1856 kettleful1862 sink1868 sinkful1873 troughful1877 tankful1887 teapotful1895 walletful1909 1853 Knickerbocker Dec. 569 Such matters of grief as gain large proportion by the magnifying property of an eyeful of tears. 1919 Motorcycling & Bicycling 10 Sept. 18 (caption) Giving the crowd an eyeful of sand in the potato race. 1993 M. Eccles Company She Kept 58 What they [sc. police detectives] had about the dead woman didn't amount to much more than an eyeful of cold tea. 2009 M. Leimbach Man from Saigon (2010) iv. 198 She drops a foot or more,..scraping her cheek and getting an eyeful of grit. c. A small amount or short period of sleep. Cf. wink n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > an instance or period of > short or light sloomOE wink1362 napa1400 slumber1488 dog's sleep1560 dogsleep1674 (not) a wink of sleep1682 doze1731 snooze1793 snatch1820 forty winks1828 eyeful1860 snoose1912 caulk1917 zizz1941 1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth II. 37 You drop off again, and get about an eyeful of sleep: lo, it is tinkle, tinkle, for matins. 1883 Temple Bar May 41 Gladstone..never had to..lie late a-bed in the morning snatching fitful eyefuls of sleep. 1918 ‘R. Dehan’ That which hath Wings xxiii. 171 A stray half-hour for a meal and a snatched eyeful of sleep now and then. 1976 A. G. Jones in M. Drabble & C. Osborne New Stories I. 176 John slept only an eyeful all night. 2002 ‘Audioslave’ Show me how to Live (transcribed from song) With the early dawn moving right along, I couldn't buy an eyeful of sleep. 2. colloquial (originally Irish English). a. A full or comprehensive look at something. Esp. in to get (also take, etc.) an eyeful (of) (in early use also †to take an eyeful out of): to have a good look (at); to take the opportunity to observe something or someone attractive, gratifying, remarkable, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > stare or gaze stare1553 gaze1566 goggle1651 gloze1654 gape1660 glower1715 dead set1781 death stare1818 death glare1819 eyeful1847 gape-seed1852 1847 Dublin Univ. Mag. Jan. 46/1 [He] strode out of the shop, not omitting to take an eyefull out of the colonel as he passed. 1857 Nation (Dublin) 14 Mar. 458/3 The lithe, adroit inhabitants [of Paris] stop to take an eyeful of the illustrious feuilletonist as he lounges down to his favourite Club. 1883 Boy's Own Paper 16 June 605/3 Crow took an eyeful of us as we stood there, evidently dying with curiosity to know what it all meant. 1899 S. MacManus In Chimney Corners 248 She took an eyeful out of Jack, an' right well plaised she was with his appearance. 1913 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-News 15 Apr. 6/5 When she is wearing silk ones she doesn't care if you do get an eyeful. 1934 Washington Post 20 Apr. 19/2 Early arrivals at this course..were treated to an eyeful of C. V. Whitney's Equipoise in action. 1986 D. Potter Singing Detective iii. 111 He..lifts it higher, enough to expose her thigh. Mrs Marlow: That's right. Get an eyeful. 2001 J. Watts Mae West (2003) v. 97 Those men..who had come to catch an eyeful of the voluptuous West in a bathing suit left disappointed. b. A striking or impressive sight; (sometimes) spec. an exceptionally attractive person. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > sight or spectacle sightc950 showingOE spectacle1434 inspectionc1460 show1536 object1588 eyemark1595 theatre1606 theorya1626 exhibit1676 exhibition1786 something to see (or look at)1808 eyeful1858 spectacular1890 1858 D. Boucicault Pope of Rome iii. iv. 28 Scars and sinews! You are an eyeful for a woman! 1918 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 13 Aug. 4/4 I spied a pretty girl carrying a basket on her arm... She was quite an eyeful. 1929 H. V. Morton In Search of Scotl. ii. 46 ‘You have seen the Crown Jewels in London?’ ‘I'll say so! They're an eyeful.’ 1975 F. Kidd Enchantment in Blue v. 76 ‘That's Nick driving the speed boat now.’ ‘Oh, yes, the blond boy from Maryland. He's quite an eyeful, isn't he?’ 2006 ‘A. Ant’ Stand & Deliver i. 22 I thought she was very beautiful. (Not as beautiful as Kimmy Dumbleton maybe, but an eyeful all the same.) This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † eyefuladj.¹ Forms: Old English ægeful (rare), Old English ægful (rare), Old English egeful, Old English egefull, early Middle English eȝeful, early Middle English eȝefull- (inflected form), early Middle English eȝfull- (inflected form), early Middle English eifull- (inflected form), Middle English eiful, Middle English eyfold (probably transmission error), Middle English eyful. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: eye n.², -ful suffix. Etymology: < eye n.² + -ful suffix.Compare the ultimately related eyesful adj., which is slightly more frequent in Old English and early Middle English, with a very similar semantic range (compare variant readings in quots. OE² and a1250). Obsolete. Arousing or inspiring awe, fear, or dread; terrible, dreadful. Cf. awful adj. I., eyesful adj.Quot. a1450 probably shows a scribal substitution of this word for the rare highful adj. (compare discussion at that entry), or perhaps is to be regarded as showing that word. ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. ix. 424 Þa he [sc. Romane nama] com ærest to Parðum... Ac he wæs þeah þærymbutan manegum folce swiðe egeful [L. formidolosa]. OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 466 Þa swefna beoð wynsume þe gewurðaþ of Gode, and þa beoð egefulle ðe of þam deofle cumað. OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Deut. (Laud.) x. 17 Drihten sylf ys goda God, mære God and mihtig and egefull [OE Claud. egesful; L. terribilis]. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 81 He hem gaf to andswere eifulle word. a1250 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Titus) (1981) l. 29 Þurh fearlac of eifule [c1225 Bodl. eisfule] þreates. a1450 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (London Univ.) l. 7729 [c1325 Calig. Sturne he was þoru out al, &] eyful [c1400 BL Add. eyfold]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online September 2021). eyefuladj.² Brit. /ˈʌɪfʊl/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌfʊl/ Forms: see eye n.¹ and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: eye n.¹, -ful suffix. Etymology: < eye n.¹ + -ful suffix. †1. Observant, vigilant; (later also more generally) careful. Obsolete (English regional (northern) in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [adjective] wakerc1000 watchingOE wakingc1175 wakerlyc1400 circumspect1430 vigilant?a1500 prick-eared?1550 invigilant1570 vigil?1576 wakeful1589 eyeful1594 open-eyed1601 argus-eyed1603 watchful1603 alert1618 awake1619 vigilant1655 guardful1749 1594 R. Barnfield Affectionate Shepheard sig. Giv Argus (eyefull Earle) when first the ken of a Castle He had spide. 1626 R. Bolton Some Gen. Direct. for Comfortable Walking with God (ed. 2) 89 If thou be not extraordinarily and exactly vigilant & eye-full ouer thy heart, thou mayest iustly feare. 1655 J. Bisco Grand Triall of True Conversion 435 We should be more carefull and eyefull of our thoughts, and wayes, then we be. a1765 W. Dunkin Poet. Wks. (1769) I. 97 Safe steer thy progress through the planted band of eyeful foes. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words (at cited word) ‘He's varry eeful over his brass’, he is careful in laying out his money. ‘Be eeful’, mind what you are about. 2. †a. That may be plainly seen. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible senec1175 well seenc1175 naked?c1225 well isenec1275 bremec1340 evidenta1382 apparent1393 palpable?1435 open1478 pointablea1555 faira1568 full-eyed1581 unmasked1590 eyeful?1611 plain1613 prospecta1640 unovercloudeda1658 intuitive1801 unmystified1822 shroudless1841 unforeshortened1846 trenchant1849 focusable1889 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads x. 396 He hung them up aloft upon a tamarisk bough As eyeful trophies. b. Attractive or striking to the eye; visually impressive or pleasing. rare.In quot. 1882 apparently arising from a reinterpretation of quot. ?1611 at sense 2a.In quot. 1919 punningly after the name of the Eiffel Tower. ΚΠ 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. Eyeful, filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable [citing Chapman]. 1919 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 15 June iv. 6/5 She is an enchanting eye-full—an ‘Eyeful Tower of maidenly charm’, says W. Bob Holland, comic lecturer and chronic gagster. 1970 Jet 23 Apr. 61 Leggy and shapely Carole Johnson will be an eyeful treat for park goers when the warm weather finally gets here. 1999 A. Gavot et al. Best of San Francisco & N. Calif. (ed. 4) 281/1 Fillmore Street.., a long strip of eyeful treasures. 2012 Alive (India) (Nexis) 8 Oct. From the winding roads, eyeful prospects of lime-green vegetation, and a bean-shaped lake unfurl below. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1808adj.¹eOEadj.²1594
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eyefuln.

† eyefuladj.1

eyefuladj.2

† eyefuladj.¹

eyefuladj.²