moon-eyed

[ moon-ahyd ]

adjective

1. having the eyes open wide, as in fear or wonder; wide-eyed.
2. Veterinary Pathology. moon-blind.

moon-eyed

adjective

1. having the eyes open wide, as in awe
2. vet science affected with moon blindness

Word History and Origins

Origin of moon-eyed¹

1780–90 moon-eyed fordef 1; 1885–90 moon-eyed fordef 2

Example Sentences

There was my moon-eyed, cat-tailed gaming partner, except in real life she was the woman I had seen in pictures: a fair-skinned, dark-haired Latina with a sunflower tattoo on her collarbone.

From New York Times

Online dating may have lost its stigma, but I wasn’t quite sure how to explain that meeting online for us meant as moon-eyed, cat-eared creatures on the shores of Limsa Lominsa while gaming on PlayStation 4.

From New York Times

Mindful of that, drawing closer to Amis, I went moon-eyed in attempted communion.

From New York Times

So he wasn’t just a careless, spacey, moon-eyed idiot who’d witnessed a crime and couldn’t identify the man who did it.

From Literature

But Elizabeth was beaming at me, moon-eyed.

From Salon