mope-eyed, a.
(ˈməʊpˈaɪd)
Also 7 mop(p)-eyed.
[f. stem of mope v. (where see sense 1).]
Purblind, short-sighted.
Johnson 1755 erroneously explains it as ‘blind in one eye’, following Ainsworth, who renders it by L. luscus.
| 1606 Heywood 2nd Pt. You know not me (1609) D 3, I think thou art mop-eide this morning, giue me the booke. 1607 T. Walkington Opt. Glass 36 A mope-ei'd foole he rising, first was deem'd. 1648 Herrick Hesper., Upon Himselfe, Mop-ey'd I am, as some have said, Because I've liv'd so long a maid. 1736 Ainsworth Lat. Dict. ii, Lippus... Having dropping, or waterish eyes; mopeyed. 1768 Boyer Dict. Eng. & Fr. II, Mopeyed (dim sighted.) Qui a la vue courte. 1861 Temple Bar I. 174 He is not good-looking; he is mope-eyed and ungainly. |