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单词 mope-eyed
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mope-eyedadj.

Brit. /ˌməʊpˈʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈmoʊpˌaɪd/
Forms: 1600s mope-ei'd, 1600s mop-eide, 1600s mopp-eyed, 1600s–1700s (1800s– English regional (Yorkshire)) mop-eyed, 1700s mopeyed, 1800s mope-eyed.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mope v., eyed adj.
Etymology: < mope v. + eyed adj.Compare note s.v. mopsical adj.
English regional in later use.
Short-sighted.Johnson (1755) erroneously explains it as ‘blind in one eye’ following Ainsworth, who renders it by Latin luscus.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > short-sighted
little-sighta1398
purblindc1450
narrow-sighted1593
thick-sighted1593
mope-eyed1606
short-sighteda1649
near-sighted1686
short-eyed1721
myopical1749
myopic1800
myoptic1849
myope1892
1606 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. If you know not Me sig. D3v I thinke thou art mop-ey'd this morning, giue me the booke.
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 36 A mope-ei'd foole he rising, first was deem'd.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. H7 Mop-ey'd I am, as some have said, Because I've liv'd so long a maid.
1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. Mop-ey'd (dim-sighted). Qui a la veuë courte.
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Lippus Having dropping, or waterish eyes; mopeyed.
1861 Temple Bar 1 174 He is not good-looking; he is mope-eyed and ungainly.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Mop-eyed, near-sighted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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