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eyeshine

noun

Etymology

From eye + shine.

  1. inherited from *skainijaną✻
  2. inherited from scǣnan — “to render brilliant, make shine”
  3. inherited from schenen
  4. derived from scīn — “brightness, shine”
  5. derived from schinen
  6. compounded as eyeshine — “eye + shine”

Definitions

  1. A visible effect of the tapetum lucidum, causing the pupil to appear to glow when a light…

    A visible effect of the tapetum lucidum, causing the pupil to appear to glow when a light is shone into the eye.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA