pig-eyedadj.
/ˈpɪɡˌʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌaɪd/ Chiefly derogatory.
Having small, deep-set eyes.
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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
1655 Markham's Perfect Horseman 117 If his [sc. a horse's] eys [sic] be uneven.., if they be little (which we call pig-eyed) both are uncomely signes of weakness.
1791 New Syst. Nat. Hist. I. 202 A person whose eyes are very diminutive, and deep sunk in his head, is commonly said to be pig-eyed.
1835 D. Booth Analyt. Dict. Eng. Lang. 228 Pig-eyed is a rude epithet when speaking of eyes that are small and deeply seated in the head.
1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton iii. 74 Pig-eyed hideous beings.
1923 Indiana Weekly Messenger 5 July 8/1 How she hated him—fat, bald, paunchy, pig-eyed—she could not think of him without a violent shudder.
1993 S. Kaysen Girl, Interrupted 88 Mrs. McWeeny was dry, tight, small, and pig-eyed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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