glassy-eyed

[glas-ee-ahyd, glah-see-]

glass·y-eyed

[glas-ee-ahyd, glah-see-]
adjective
having a dull, dazed, or uncomprehending expression; staring fixedly.

Origin:
1890–95
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Glassy-eyed is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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glass(y)-eyed definition


  1. mod.
    alcohol or drug intoxicated; drugged or suffering from an illness. : Mary is looking sort of glassy-eyed, and it's only midnight.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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