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Definition of Sleepy-eyed
1. Adjective. Ready to fall asleep. "Sleepyheaded students"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleepy-eyed
Literary usage of Sleepy-eyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"... fairies paced the coverlet, And pale enchantment held her sleepy-eyed. Kever on
such a night have lovers met, Since Merlin paid his demon all the ..."
2. A Book for a Rainy Day: Or, Recollections of the Events of the Years 1766-1833 by John Thomas Smith (1861)
"... whose manner of delineation made persons appear to be all of one family,
particularly his sleepy-eyed and gaudily-coloured drawings of ladies. 1787. ..."
3. A book for a rainy day: or, Recollections of the events of the last sixty by John Thomas Smith (1861)
"... whose manner of delineation made persons appear to be all of one family,
particularly his sleepy-eyed and gaudily-coloured drawings of ladies. 1787. ..."
4. Cadore: Or Titian's Country by Josiah Gilbert (1869)
"A ring at the bell brought a sleepy eyed damsel to the window, and then to the door.
' No, the sacristan was out, gone to the mountain,' and forthwith the ..."
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