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- cockeyed (adj.)



[cockeyed 词源字典] - 1821, "squint-eyed," perhaps from cock (v.) in some sense + eye (n.). Figurative sense of "absurd, askew, crazy" is from 1896; that of "drunk" is attested from 1926.[cockeyed etymology, cockeyed origin, 英语词源]
- goggle-eyed (adj.)




- late 14c.; see goggle (v.).
- hackneyed (adj.)




- "trite, so overused as to have become uninteresting," 1749, figurative use of past participle adjective from hackney (v.) "use a horse for riding" (1570s), hence "make common by indiscriminate use" (1590s), from hackney (n.), and compare hack (n.2) in its specialized sense of "one who writes anything for hire." From 1769 as "kept for hire."
- moneyed (adj.)




- "having money," mid-15c., from past participle of Middle English verb monien "to supply with money" (see money (n.)).
- ox-eyed (adj.)




- 1620s, from ox + eye (n.).
- pop-eyed (adj.)




- "having bulging eyes," 1820; see pop (v.) + eye (n.).
- wall-eyed (adj.)




- c. 1300, wawil-eghed, wolden-eiged, "having very light-colored eyes," also "having parti-colored eyes," from Old Norse vagl-eygr "having speckled eyes," from vagl "speck in the eye; beam, upper cross-beam," from Proto-Germanic *walgaz. Meaning "having one or both eyes turned out" (and thus showing much white) is first recorded 1580s.