pie-eyed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of pie-eyed
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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This Poe is a rum sort, pallid and pie-eyed and with a fondness for limericks.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022
If Meghan felt she could do without spending her Christmasses alongside a friend of a convicted sex offender, it would take a more pie-eyed royalist than me to condemn her.
From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2020
To hold and affirm that creative work is essential to the spiritual well-being of any thriving civilization feels almost too pie-eyed to bear.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 29, 2018
Lots of other great writers who didn’t receive the Nobel laurel were just as pie-eyed.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2015
An' me on'y got religion wintah befo', peekin' roun' pie-eyed, skeered good.
From The Faith Healer A Play in Three Acts by Moody, William Vaughn
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