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2006-12-16 04:33:34 · 5 answers · asked by max 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
****-eyed (or cockeyed as dictionaries prefer it today) is a relatively new word, first appearing in print in the late 19th century. A ****-eye (or cocked eye) was originally an eye with something wrong with it, an eye that is turned inward or outward, that is out of alignment, off-center in the sense a cocked hat is a hat off-center or out of alignment. (Some people distinguish cross-eyed, when one or both eyes are turned inward, from ****-eyed, when one of both eyes point outward.)
2006-12-16 23:08:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It originates from people who were cross eyed, not a common sight these days, but I remember as a child in the 1950's that there were lots of people whose eyes looked in different directions. They were described as cross-eyed, skenning or
c ock-eyed and the phrased came into general use to describe something that wasn't quite straight or correct.
2006-12-16 12:38:28 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If by ****eyed you mean c*ck eyed, then it means you eyes aren't even. One is higher than the other. Or like when you raise on eyebrow and look at somebody funny, thats a c*ck eyed grin.
2006-12-16 13:10:00 · answer #3 · answered by lovely 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its meaning is: Lopsided; crooked; askew. and the word is cockeyed
2006-12-16 13:25:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-12-02 04:59:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋