left-eyedadj.

Brit.

/ˌlɛftˈʌɪd/, U.S.

/ˈlɛftˌaɪd/

Forms: see left adj.¹ and eyed adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: left adj.¹, eyed adj.

Etymology: < left adj.¹ + eyed adj. Compare slightly earlier right-eyed adj.

†1. Of a person: unable or unwilling to see clearly or read accurately. Cf. right-eyed adj. 1. Obsolete.Cf. note at left adj.¹ 1b.In quot. 1622 the precise sense is uncertain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > having dimness or poor vision

darkOE

dima1220

bissona1250

murka1300

mistedc1450

obfuscatec1487

spurblind1508

sand-blind1538

dim-sighted1561

blinking1568

dimmed1590

weak-sighteda1591

purblind1592

sand-eyed1592

thick-eyed1598

left-eyed1609

mole-eyed1610

blindish1611

mole-sighted1625

sanded1629

veiled1633

weak-eyed1645

scotomatical1656

mole-blinda1660

swimming1697

wavering1842

foggy1847

scotomatous1866

clouding1868

wall-eyed1873

1609 Bp. T. Morton Direct Answer Higgons 9 Especially being compassed about with so many left-eyed Aduersaries.

1610 T. Morton Encounter against M. Parsons To Christian Rdr. sig. 4*^v In the very same place I translated and englished it [sc. the Latin word fortasse] twise, Peraduenture; which he could not but see, because once in the same place he repeated it accordingly: But it seemeth that in leuelling at me, as at his marke, he was onely left-eyed.

1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iv. sig. I2 I wud not giue vp the cloake of your seruice to meet the splay-foot estate of any leftey'd knight aboue the Antipodes, because they are vnlucky to meete.

2. Of a person: having the left eye dominant over the right. Cf. right-eyed adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > having left eye more efficient than right

left-eyed1856

1856 W. N. Hutchinson Dog Breaking (ed. 3) App. 302 If you are ‘left-eyed’ your aim from the right shoulder (both eyes being open) cannot be correct.

1857 J. Brocklesby in Proc. 10th Meeting Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 143 So that a left-handed person would be found to be left-eyed, and a right-handed right-eyed.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 5/2 A left-eyed man can easily fire from his left shoulder [in rifle-shooting].

1964 M. Critchley Developmental Dyslexia viii. 51 Mixed laterality was then imagined to be a factor of special importance in dyslexics who might, for example, prove to be left-eyed, right-handed and left-footed.

2003 Backwoods Home Mag. Jan. 48/1 People are not only right or left-handed, they're also right or left-footed and right or left-eyed.

3. Zoology. Of a flatfish or taxonomic group of flatfishes: having both eyes on the left side of the body, as is typical in the families Bothidae and Paralichthyidae. Cf. right-eyed adj. 3.

ΚΠ

1898 F. G. Aflalo Sketch Nat. Hist. Brit. Islands 392 The eyes [of the pleuronectid flounder Platichthys flesus] are close together, somewhat above the level of the head, though left-eyed flounders are not uncommon.

1964 Winnipeg Free Press 12 Mar. 25 If both eyes are on the left side, he is a left-eyed flatfish.

1999 S. King Fish (rev. ed.) i. 51 Place a right- or left-eyed fish, dark skin uppermost, diagonally on the cutting board.

2008 BioScience 58 776/1 Unlike modern flatfish taxa, whose eyes typically migrate to one side or the other, Amphistium has both right-eyed and left-eyed forms.

Compounds

left-eyed flounder n. (a) a flatfish of the typically right-eyed family Pleuronectidae that has its eyes on the left side of the body; (b) any of the flatfishes of the families Bothidae and Paralichthyidae, in which the eyes are typically on the left side of the body.

ΚΠ

1898 [see sense 3].

1946 Sci. News-Let. 12 Jan. 23/3 (heading) Only three ‘left-eyed’ flounders on record.

1956 H. Wells & P. H. Wells Gen. Biol. xiii. 216/1 As a matter of fact, there are ‘right-eyed’ flounders..and ‘left-eyed’ flounders [Pacific sand dab.., bigmouth sole].

2001 S. T. Ross Inland Fishes Mississippi vi. 526/2 The southern flounder is the only left-eyed flounder with a large, terminal mouth that commonly enters fresh water.

Derivatives

left-ˈeyedness n. the condition of being left-eyed.

ΚΠ

1881 Forest & Stream 8 Sept. 112/1 Our opinion is that the philosopher who has been prating to you about left-eyedness is a fool.

1937 S. T. Orton Reading, Writing & Speech Probl. in Children i. 52 A boy found..difficulty in using the rifle because of his right-handedness and left-eyedness.

2008 R. N. Gibson Flatfishes i. 1 Examination of the occurrence of left and right ‘eyedness’ within the order Pleuronectiformes shows that, although some families are predominantly left- or right-eyed.., the trait for a particular direction of asymmetry does not reflect relationships within the order.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	left-eyed
释义	left-eyedadj. Brit. /ˌlɛftˈʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈlɛftˌaɪd/ Forms: see left adj.¹ and eyed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: left adj.¹, eyed adj. Etymology: < left adj.¹ + eyed adj. Compare slightly earlier right-eyed adj. †1. Of a person: unable or unwilling to see clearly or read accurately. Cf. right-eyed adj. 1. Obsolete.Cf. note at left adj.¹ 1b.In quot. 1622 the precise sense is uncertain. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > having dimness or poor vision darkOE dima1220 bissona1250 murka1300 mistedc1450 obfuscatec1487 spurblind1508 sand-blind1538 dim-sighted1561 blinking1568 dimmed1590 weak-sighteda1591 purblind1592 sand-eyed1592 thick-eyed1598 left-eyed1609 mole-eyed1610 blindish1611 mole-sighted1625 sanded1629 veiled1633 weak-eyed1645 scotomatical1656 mole-blinda1660 swimming1697 wavering1842 foggy1847 scotomatous1866 clouding1868 wall-eyed1873 1609 Bp. T. Morton Direct Answer Higgons 9 Especially being compassed about with so many left-eyed Aduersaries. 1610 T. Morton Encounter against M. Parsons To Christian Rdr. sig. 4^v In the very same place I translated and englished it [sc.* the Latin word fortasse] twise, Peraduenture; which he could not but see, because once in the same place he repeated it accordingly: But it seemeth that in leuelling at me, as at his marke, he was onely left-eyed. 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iv. sig. I2 I wud not giue vp the cloake of your seruice to meet the splay-foot estate of any leftey'd knight aboue the Antipodes, because they are vnlucky to meete. 2. Of a person: having the left eye dominant over the right. Cf. right-eyed adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > having left eye more efficient than right left-eyed1856 1856 W. N. Hutchinson Dog Breaking (ed. 3) App. 302 If you are ‘left-eyed’ your aim from the right shoulder (both eyes being open) cannot be correct. 1857 J. Brocklesby in Proc. 10th Meeting Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 143 So that a left-handed person would be found to be left-eyed, and a right-handed right-eyed. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 5/2 A left-eyed man can easily fire from his left shoulder [in rifle-shooting]. 1964 M. Critchley Developmental Dyslexia viii. 51 Mixed laterality was then imagined to be a factor of special importance in dyslexics who might, for example, prove to be left-eyed, right-handed and left-footed. 2003 Backwoods Home Mag. Jan. 48/1 People are not only right or left-handed, they're also right or left-footed and right or left-eyed. 3. Zoology. Of a flatfish or taxonomic group of flatfishes: having both eyes on the left side of the body, as is typical in the families Bothidae and Paralichthyidae. Cf. right-eyed adj. 3. ΚΠ 1898 F. G. Aflalo Sketch Nat. Hist. Brit. Islands 392 The eyes [of the pleuronectid flounder Platichthys flesus] are close together, somewhat above the level of the head, though left-eyed flounders are not uncommon. 1964 Winnipeg Free Press 12 Mar. 25 If both eyes are on the left side, he is a left-eyed flatfish. 1999 S. King Fish (rev. ed.) i. 51 Place a right- or left-eyed fish, dark skin uppermost, diagonally on the cutting board. 2008 BioScience 58 776/1 Unlike modern flatfish taxa, whose eyes typically migrate to one side or the other, Amphistium has both right-eyed and left-eyed forms. Compounds left-eyed flounder n. (a) a flatfish of the typically right-eyed family Pleuronectidae that has its eyes on the left side of the body; (b) any of the flatfishes of the families Bothidae and Paralichthyidae, in which the eyes are typically on the left side of the body. ΚΠ 1898 [see sense 3]. 1946 Sci. News-Let. 12 Jan. 23/3 (heading) Only three ‘left-eyed’ flounders on record. 1956 H. Wells & P. H. Wells Gen. Biol. xiii. 216/1 As a matter of fact, there are ‘right-eyed’ flounders..and ‘left-eyed’ flounders [Pacific sand dab.., bigmouth sole]. 2001 S. T. Ross Inland Fishes Mississippi vi. 526/2 The southern flounder is the only left-eyed flounder with a large, terminal mouth that commonly enters fresh water. Derivatives left-ˈeyedness n. the condition of being left-eyed. ΚΠ 1881 Forest & Stream 8 Sept. 112/1 Our opinion is that the philosopher who has been prating to you about left-eyedness is a fool. 1937 S. T. Orton Reading, Writing & Speech Probl. in Children i. 52 A boy found..difficulty in using the rifle because of his right-handedness and left-eyedness. 2008 R. N. Gibson Flatfishes i. 1 Examination of the occurrence of left and right ‘eyedness’ within the order Pleuronectiformes shows that, although some families are predominantly left- or right-eyed.., the trait for a particular direction of asymmetry does not reflect relationships within the order. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1609
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