ox-eyed

1. 1.

   having large round eyes like those of an ox

   “ox-eyed Juno”

   Similareyed

Questions about ox-eyed

What does ox-eyed mean?

ox-eyed means "having large round eyes like those of an ox".

How many syllables are in ox-eyed?

ox-eyed has 2 syllables and divides as ox--eyed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is ox-eyed a common word?

ox-eyed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.