stye

/ staɪ /

noun

See hordeolum
inflammation of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid, usually caused by bacteria technical name hordeolum

Origin of stye¹

C15 styanye (mistakenly taken as sty on eye ), from Old English stīgend rising, hence swelling, stye + ye eye

The callous Justice passed on to the next stye, immersed in thought.

Well, there is a stye in the soul of every one of us, in which abides a porker more or less objectionable.

As he jumped from the coop to the wall of the stye, he caught sight of several rats scampering to their holes.

For example, in Servia, if a man has a stye on his eyelid he comes to the conclusion that his aunt is pregnant.

Up the beach was his hut—I have seen many a stye a king to it—and in the doorway his—wife must I call her?

April 25, 2024firkin

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