walleyed

adjective

having divergent strabismus

• Ant: ↑cross-eyed

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\\-īd\ adjective

Etymology: by folk etymology (influence of wall) (I) from Middle English wawil-eghed, part translation of Old Norse vagl-eygr walleyed, from vagl beam, roost, beam in the eye + eygr, eygthr eyed; akin to Old Norse vega to move, carry, lift — more at weigh

1.

a. : having very light gray or whitish eyes

a walleyed horse

b. : having the eyes directed outward : affected with a divergent squint

the operation turned him from cross-eyed to walleyed

2. : affected with leucoma

3. : marked by a wild irrational staring of the eyes

flailed away in walleyed fear — Time

had a walleyed fit — Ross Santee

4. : having an oblique uncertain appearance or character

walleyed … foreign policy — New Yorker

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/wawl"uyd'/, adj.

1. having eyes in which there is an abnormal amount of the white showing, because of divergent strabismus.

2. having large, staring eyes, as some fishes.

3. marked by excited or agitated staring of the eyes, as in fear, rage, frenzy, or the like: He stood there in walleyed astonishment.

4. having an eye or the eyes presenting little or no color, as the result of a light-colored or white iris or of white opacity of the cornea.

[1300-50; ME wawileghed, waugle eghed < ON vagleygr, equiv. to vagl- (meaning uncert.; cf. Icel vagl film over the eye) + -eygr -eyed; see EYE; cf. OE waldenige]

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wallˈeyed adjective

1. Having pale irises, or a whitish or particoloured iris in one eye, or irises of different colours

2. Having a divergent squint

3. Having a staring, glazed or blank expression or (figurative) appearance

4. Glaring, fierce (Shakespeare)

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Main Entry: ↑walleye