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Definition of Goggle-eyed
1. Adjective. With eyes or mouth open in surprise.
Definition of Goggle-eyed
1. Adjective. Having prominent eyes ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goggle-eyed
Literary usage of Goggle-eyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Cf. goggle-eyed.] 1. A prominent squinting or staring eye. ... One wno or that
which goggles; specifically, a fish, the goggle-eyed jack. goggle-nose ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"goggle-eyed man. louche ; ' Palsgrave. The suffix -le is, as usual, frequentative ;
the base appears to be Celtic — Irish and Gael, gag, a nod, ..."
3. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"... goggle- eyed; hut it seems very probable that Goggle is the diminutive of Gog,
agog, and means moving, a moving eye ; app. to a prominent, restless eye ..."
4. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"goggle-eyed, with projecting eyes ... and the chim kuwayt or kalong kuwayt, which
is also described as goggle-eyed), fies. ..."
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