crossed-eyed

English

Adjective

crossed-eyed (comparative more crossed-eyed, superlative most crossed-eyed)

  1. Alternative form of cross-eyed
    • 1896 June 12, The Areas' Express, Booyoolee, SA, page 3, column 6:
      Among the worshippers at this wayside meeting house was an elderly woman who to use the expressive vernacular, skenned some some'at awful; in other words she was very much crossed-eyed.
    • 1918 November 21, The Brisbane Courier, Qld, page 3, column 4:
      By "crossed-eyed" I mean one salutes a crossed-eyed man in the street under the belief that he is looking at you, but finds that his gaze is on the opposite side of the road.
    • 1928 March 30, The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser, NSW, page 2, column 2:
      Some years ago a local resident was having his first trip to Sydney, and not knowing anyone be walked the streets till he was crossed-eyed looking for a mate.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 246:
      The famous French philosopher, René Descartes, was powerfully attracted by crossed-eyed women.
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