Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
four-eyed [fawr-ahyd, fohr-] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- having or seeming to have four eyes.
- Slang: Usually Disparaging. wearing eyeglasses (sometimes used facetiously).
Origin of four-eyed First recorded in 1880–85 Examples from the Web for four-eyed Historical Examples of four-eyed
By general consent the joke was declared as not to be on the “four-eyed tenderfoot.”
H. Hagedorn.
Schaldach reported in his notes that four-eyed opossums robbed trap lines set for small mammals at Rancho Pano Ayuctle.
The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico
Ticul Alvarez
Four-eyed fish skittered over the water, pale as the ghosts of fish, and when quiet, showing only as a pair of bubbly eyes.
William Beebe
When the moon reaches to the top of the sky I shall tell you news of the four-eyed one and of the red-headed.
Wilbur Lawton
Fisher had heard of the “four-eyed dude from New York” and heard something of his political reforming.
H. Hagedorn.