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squint-eye

squint-eye

9.9
A person whose eyes do not line up and point in different directions
  • noun
  • /ˈskwɪntˌaɪ/
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  • The doctor diagnosed the child as a squint-eye and recommended corrective surgery.

Examples

  • He was self-conscious about being called a squint-eye by other children at school.

  • Historically, people with strabismus were sometimes referred to as squint-eyes.

  • The squint-eye child struggled to focus on the board.

  • He is a squint-eye who often gets teased at school.

  • The doctor diagnosed the child as a squint-eye and recommended corrective surgery.

  • He was self-conscious about being called a squint-eye by other children at school.

  • Historically, people with strabismus were sometimes referred to as squint-eyes.

Synonyms

squinter
vssquint-eye
1 8.9

A person whose eyes do not point in the same direction

is the hyphenated written form for the same condition

Surface Forms

squint-eye singular
squint-eyes plural

Morphology

squint-eye = squint + eye (transparent) = squint + eye

A straightforward compound of 'squint' + 'eye' whose meaning (an eye/person with a squint) follows directly from its parts.

Etymology

Squint-eye is a simple combination of squint ('to look with partly closed eyes or with eyes that do not line up') and eye. So it literally names someone whose eyes do not line up, which is why it is used for a person with strabismus.