Lexic.us

Definition of Eyeful

1. Noun. A strikingly beautiful woman. "She was a statuesque redheaded eyeful"

2. Noun. A full view; a good look. "They wanted to see violence and they got an eyeful"

Definition of Eyeful

1. a. Filling or satisfying the eye; visible; remarkable.

Definition of Eyeful

1. Noun. A full or complete view; a good look. ¹

2. Noun. A remarkable sight or a very attractive person (sometimes used ironically). ¹

3. Noun. An amount of material blown into the eye. ¹

4. Adjective. Filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eyeful

1. a complete view [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eyeful

eyecatching eyecup eyecups eyed eyedness eyednesses eyedrop eyedropper eyedroppers eyedrops

eyeflap eyeflaps eyefold eyefolds eyeful (current term) eyefuls eyegasm eyegasms eyeglance eyeglances

eyeground eyegrounds eyehole eyeholes eyehook eyehooks

Literary usage of Eyeful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Departure from the Script: A Novel by Rochelle Hollander Schwab (2002)
"That was Natalie's lover, Roberto, and he was indeed an eyeful. As in, easy on the eyes. A broad face; smooth, tan skin; high cheekbones and full lips that ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
"What is the length of 'an eyeful of type"? Where are booksellers still called stationers? Why? What clase of readers prefer very small type? ..."

3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"The peacock here expands his eyeful plumes, A flittering pageant, to the mid-day Sun : In the stiff awkwardness of foolish pride, The swelling turkey apes ..."

4. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1905)
"The parliament's watch on the river was very eyeful : about the middle of July six small ships, fitted with "»• torce« for the preservation and peace of the ..."

5. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"... an eyeful of my master's light! ONE OF THE WATCH [to a FLOWER-GIRL, who comes forward]. ..."

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