young-eyed, a.
(ˈjʌŋaɪd)
Having the bright or lively eyes of a young person; also fig.; occas. having a youthful vision. (In later use an echo of Shakes.)
| 1596 Shakes. Merch. V. v. i. 62 There's not the smallest orbe..But in his motion like an Angell sings, Still quiring to the young eyed Cherubins. 1777 Potter æschylus, Agamemnon 749 To Troy the shining mischief came, Before her young-ey'd pleasures play. 1796 Coleridge Death of Chatterton xiv, And we..would round thee throng,..And greet with smiles the young-eyed Poesy All deftly mask'd as hoar Antiquity. 1812 Byron Ch. Har. i. xlvi, Young⁓eyed Lewdness walks her midnight rounds. 1820 Hazlitt Lect. Dram. Lit. 14 The grace of Fletcher and his young-eyed wit. 1902 Q. Rev. Oct. 575 The fantastic visions of a young-eyed people. |