▪ I. pink-eyed, a.1 Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈpɪŋkaɪd)
Forms: 6 pinkyied, pynk iyde, pinke-eyed, pinky-ey'd, 7 pin(c)k-ey'd, 6– pink-eyed.
[Parasynthetic f. pink or pinkie eye + -ed2.]
1. Having small, narrow, or half-closed eyes; also, squint-eyed.
| 1519 W. Horman Vulg. 30 b, Some haue mighty yies, and some be pinkyied [quidam peti]. 1523 Skelton Garl. Laurel 626 Sum were made peuysshe, porisshly pynk iyde, That euer more after by it they were aspyid. 1601 Holland Pliny xi. 335 [Maids] that were pinke-eied and had verie small eies, they tearmed Ocellæ. 1675 T. Duffet Mock Tempest i. ii, I see thou grow'st pinck-ey'd, go in and let the Nurse lay thee to sleep. 1867 Country Words 26 Jan. 208/2 Pink-eyed is small-eyed. |
2. pink-eyed John, a popular name of the pansy.
| 1877 N.W. Linc. Gloss. 1886 [see pinkeny 3]. |
▪ II. pink-eyed, a.2
[f. pink a.1 + eye n.1 + -ed2.]
Having a pink or light red eye or eyes.
| 1830 Jenner Signs of Rain 10 Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel. |