one-eyed
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6.0
- adjective
- /ˈwʌn aɪd/
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- Even a one-eyed Cyclops could see what Zeus was up to.
In the Kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
- In the Kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
- And in the blink of an eye the one eyed person becomes king or queen or despot or a tyrant.
Examples
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The ID was especially easy because the unusual man was one-eyed.
Fiction book (1997) -
The one-eyed pirate told thrilling tales of his adventures on the high seas.
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In the Kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
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As the saying goes, in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
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In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
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Not bad for a one-eyed Russian immigrant.
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Downstairs, the watchman was talking to the one-eyed Gurkha.
Fiction book (2002) -
I'm named after and follow in the footsteps of the Norse one-eyed god of magic, wisdom, wit, and learning.
Blog text (9) -
In the Odyssey, you remember, Odysseus finds himself on the island of the Cyclopes, those one eyed monsters.
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Miracia nods, then flips over the first card in the center pile—a one-eyed Jack.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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6.5
Seen or used with only one eye
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
One-eyed comes from the simple parts one and eye, so it literally means 'having one eye', like a pirate with an eye patch or the one-eyed jack on a playing card. That's why we also use one-eyed for people or ideas that only 'see' one side of a situation or judge in a narrow way.