blue-eyed
Americanadjective
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having blue eyes.
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having or representing childlike innocence.
Etymology
Origin of blue-eyed
First recorded in 1600–10
Example Sentences
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The company’s future was very much in doubt when it found a savior in Enzo’s one-time protégé, Luca di Montezemolo, a blue-eyed Italian aristocrat with the steady hand to pull off a U-turn at Ferrari.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Van der Velden, who is blonde and blue-eyed, took the note.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025
Musically, you’ve been in a bit of a blue-eyed soul moment of late.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025
The same year she married a “fair-haired, blue-eyed boy with the cheekiest grin I’d ever seen”.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024
Pointing at the blue-eyed girl who was not much different from me.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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