beadyadj.
/ˈbiːdi/, U.S. /ˈbidi/ 1. Beadlike; (of eyes) small, round and glittering.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc.
steepc1000
standing1340
glazenc1380
glassy1412
ungladlyc1450
sparklinga1500
goggle1540
pinking1566
whally1590
vailed1591
unweeping1598
dejected1600
unwet1601
glossed1602
haggard1605
saucer-like1612
saucer1618
glaring1622
uncast1629
startling1648
poppinga1696
upraised1707
glancy1733
glazed1735
almond1786
open-eyed1799
bald1807
glazing1808
lustreless1810
unfathomable1817
vague1820
soulless1824
beady1826
socketless1833
fishy1836
glazy1838
popped1849
agoggled1860
uprolled1864
unfaceted1893
shoe-button1895
poppy1899
googly1901
slitty1908
bead-berry1923
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. i. iv. 26 Small black, beady eyes.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xix. 163 Mrs. Bute's beady eyes.
1879 W. Black Macleod of Dare I. 170 The ugly brute, with its beady eyes and its black snout.
2.
a. Covered with beads (of liquid, etc.).
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [adjective] > with beads of liquid
beady1868
1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy iii. 243 While he treads painfully with stillest step And beady brow.
b. Of a garment, material, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > ornamented with beads
beaded1587
bugle1611
bugled1730
beady1892
bead-worked1909
1892 Longman's Mag. May 76 Beady and buttony girls.
1897 Daily News 25 June 3/1 Cheap black, sheeny cloth, very beady, much trimmed.
3. Full of bubbles, frothy.
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1881 Harper's Mag. Sept. 488 Creamy and beady scum.
Compounds
beady-eyed adj.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. > having
goggle-eyedc1384
well-eyed1483
pink-eyed1519
hollow-eyeda1529
small-eyed1555
great-eyed1558
bird-eyed1564
out-eyed1570
large-eyed1575
full-eyed1581
bright-eyed1590
wall-eyed1590
beetle-eyed1594
fire-eyed?1594
young-eyed1600
open-eyed1601
soft-eyed1606
narrow-eyed1607
broad-eyed?1611
saucer-eyed1612
ox-eyed1621
pig-eyed1655
glare-eyed1683
pit-eyed1696
dove-eyed1717
laughing-eyed1784
almond1786
wide-eyed1789
moon-eyed1790
big-eyed1792
gooseberry-eyed1796
red-eyed1800
unsealed1800
screw-eyed1810
starry-eyed1818
pinkie-eyed1824
pop-eyed1830
bead-eyed1835
fishy-eyed1836
almond-eyed1849
boopic1854
sharp-set1865
bug-eyed1872
beady-eyed1873
bias-eyed1877
blank-eyed1881
gape-eyed1889
glass-eyed1889
stone-eyed1890
pie-eyed1900
slitty-eyed1908
steely-eyed1964
megalopic1985
1873 M. F. Mahony Chron. Fermors I. xiii. 249 That beady-eyed,..lanthorn-cheeked little lady.
1897 R. Kipling in Pearson's Mag. Dec. 615/2 The 600 quick-footed, beady-eyed rank and file.
1904 Daily Chron. 15 Sept. 4/4 A beady-eyed inscrutable stare.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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