English Explanatory Dictionary

walleyed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having eyes with a pale-coloured iris.
  2. Having eyes of different colours.
  3. Suffering from exotropia.
  4. Having bulging eyes.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɔːlaɪd/

Word forms

walleyed more walleyed most walleyed wall-eyed

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wawil-eghed, Middle English wolden-eiged (“having very light-colored eyes; having parti-colored eyes”), from Old Norse vagl-eygr (“having speckled eyes”), in turn from Old Norse vagl (“speck or beam in the eye”) (compare Icelandic vagl (“film over the eye”), Swedish vagel (“stye in the eye”)) and Old Norse eygr, from Old Norse auga, which is cognate to English eye.

Related words

fish-eyed wide-eyed

Derived words

walleye walleyed pike
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