Meanings
plural eye-apples
- Synonym of apple of one's eye.
Synonyms: apple of one's eye
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of apple of one's eye.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*augapl
- Old Englishēagæppel“eyeball, pupil”
- Middle Englishij appel
- Englisheye-apple
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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