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dewy-eyed

adj

Etymology

From dewy + eyed.

  1. inherited from eyed
  2. compounded as dewy-eyed — “dewy + eyed”

Definitions

  1. Having eyes with a moist, glistening appearance, especially as indicating that one is on…

    Having eyes with a moist, glistening appearance, especially as indicating that one is on the verge of crying or that one is experiencing strong emotions.

    • One she saw clearly—a dewy-eyed, lovely woman who murmured loving, broken words.
    • Bill Clinton has never shied away from displays of dewy-eyed, lip-biting sentimentality.

  2. Naive or innocent in the manner of a child.

    • At one moment he gave himself up completely to his pride at having captured this pretty, trustful, dewy-eyed thing!

  3. Excessively nostalgic.

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