sloe-eyed

UK/ˈsləʊˌaɪd/US/ˈsloʊˌaɪd/

adjective

Having dark eyes.

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Meanings

adjectivesloe-eyed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving dark eyes.

    First you're another sloe-eyed vamp, then someone's mother, then you're camp.

    1971, Stephen Sondheim, I'm Still Here (Follies song)
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    Macdonald's wife was an immensely stout, raven-haired, sloe-eyed, talkative body, the most motherly woman I have ever known.

    1903, Joseph Conrad, F. M. Hueffer, Romance

    Royal Beaudry carried about with him in his work on the Lazy Double D persistent memories of the sloe-eyed gypsy.

    1917, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 19, in The Sheriff's Son

    [S]warthy, sloe-eyed Mexicans, with huge sombreros on their knees, lolled in the shade of a tree.

    1918, Zane Grey, chapter 35, in The U. P. Trail

Translations

Bulgarian черноок
  • черноок (černook)having dark eyes
Hungarian kökényszemű
  • kökényszeműhaving dark eyes
Polish ciemnooki
  • ciemnookihaving dark eyes
Russian черногла́зый
  • черногла́зый (černoglázyj)having dark eyes
Cite this entry
APA

sloe-eyed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sloe-eyed

MLA

“sloe-eyed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sloe-eyed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sloe-eyed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sloe-eyed.

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