Definitions for ox-eyed

ox-eyed ox-eyed

Spelling: [oks-ahyd]
IPA: /ˈɒksˌaɪd/

Ox-Eyed is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in ox-eyed (-deeoxy).

Definitions for ox-eyed

adjective

  1. having large, round eyes similar to those of an ox.

Origin of ox-eyed

First recorded in 1615-25; ox + eyed

Examples for ox-eyed

Stolid and ox-eyed, they stepped from their doorways into the narrow paths or upon the soft grass of the streets.

The ox-eyed women gazed at him with shy admiration, for his type drew them.

Large eyes were the fashion, as may be readily judged from the many pictures of ox-eyed maids which have been preserved.

Peggy let fall the ox-eyed daisy whose petals she had been counting, and turned toward him in dismay.

ox-eyed Daisies may be used for a luncheon-table decoration very effectively.

If the term "ox-eyed" ever applied to humanity, it is appropriate to the Maori women, who possess this one feature in perfection.

It is of quite desirable to keep hotels and be with that Juno—that ox-eyed Juno.

She was a very beautiful goddess, "ox-eyed" in the quaint Greek phrase, that is, with large expressive eyes.

With wide, unseeing eyes she stared at a patch of green grass in front of her where ox-eyed daisies grew like golden stars.

Juno was the most worthy of the goddesses, the most queenly; ox-eyed, says Homer; says Hesiod, golden-sandaled and golden-throned.

Word Value for ox-eyed
Scrable

9

Words with friends

9

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