Moon-eyed

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having wide-open eyes.

    "His moon-eyed gaze was disarming and mysterious."

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"His moon-eyed gaze was disarming and mysterious."

Etymology

From moon + eyed; parallel to the cognate, but non-synonymous, Dutch maanoog.

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