Blue-eyed

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1
Someone's favorite. idiomatic
"blue-eyed boy"
2
Naive; innocent; ingenuous.
3
Characteristic of or pertaining to white people; Caucasian.
"blue-eyed performer"
4
Characteristic of or pertaining to white people; Caucasian.; Written or performed by white people.
"blue-eyed soul; blue-eyed jazz"
5
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue, eyed (or eye, -ed).
"Well then—if I must neither stir out of the gate nor look out at window, I will at least see what the inside of the house contains that may help to pass away one’s time—peradventure, I may light on that blue-eyed laugher in some corner or other."

Adjective

1
having blue eyes wordnet
2
favorite wordnet

Synonyms

fair-haired white-haired

Example

"She's a blue-eyed Chinese Muslim."

Related phrases

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