Eye-apple

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The eyeball or pupil
  2. 2
    Synonym of apple of one's eye.

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apple of one's eyeapple of the eyeeyeball

Etymology

From Middle English ij appel, from Old English ēagæppel (“eyeball, pupil”), from Proto-West Germanic *augapl, equivalent to eye + apple. Cognate with West Frisian eachappel (“pupil”), Dutch oogappel (“eyeball; pupil”), German Augapfel (“eyeball”), Danish øjeæble (“eyeball”), Norwegian øyeeple (“eyeball”).

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