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young-eyed

[ yuhng-ahyd ]

adjective

  1. clear-eyed; bright-eyed.
  2. having a youthful outlook; enthusiastic; fresh.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of young-eyed1

First recorded in 1590–1600

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Example Sentences

And this English Dorothy, with her yellow hair and young-eyed innocence, the essence and the flower of it all.

And what an image of the freshness of heaven and of youthful immortality is conveyed by the epithet young-eyed!

Theres not the smallest orb which thou beholdest but in his motion like an angel sings still choiring to the young-eyed cherubims!

It is as if the pearly gates had been opened for a brief interval to let the earth hear the “quiring of the young-eyed cherubims.”

Samuel sometimes rose at night to watch the heavens, and he fancied he heard the voices of the "young-eyed cherubins."

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