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Definition: EVIL-EYED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb evil-eyedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(evil-eyedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective evil-eyed.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Evil-eyed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: EVIL-EYED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb evil-eyedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(evil-eyedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective evil-eyed.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "EVIL-EYED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)