Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having eyes like those of a dove; having eyes expressive of meek-ness, mildness, gentleness, tenderness, or affection.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed.
Etymologies
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Examples
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She was not the blue-eyed, golden-haired girl of his dreams, but a sweet, earnest dove-eyed darling.
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God bless the little voyagers, all; the laughing Agnes, the pensive Emma, the dove-eyed, tender-hearted Mary, the rosy Bell, the fearless Harry.
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Wrought up at length to a phrenzy of passion, and emboldened by the melting glances of the dove-eyed girls, the youthful hunters besought them to bless them with their love -- to become the wives of their heart.
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And now the pedler was on his guard, and determined he would not be the one to break up the household he saw before him, and afflict the dove-eyed wife and mother.
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Believe me, dove-eyed maidens, that the women of the lake Ouaquaphenogan, in the island of the same name, are not alone in their disposition to be stormy at times.
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The floors are of dull-red tiles and they are massaged three times a day, and the whole thing is medieval in flavor, -- a flock of velvet-voiced, dove-eyed servants who adore Lupe and are pledged to her cause.
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The mud-grimed hippos bellow; the dove-eyed elands bleat,
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And thus replies to him His Own Law, shining, dove-eyed, loveliest: 'I am thy thoughts and works; I am thine own
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Durand, whom I believed innocent, whom I loved, but whom I was betraying with every moment of hesitation in which I allowed myself to indulge! what if the Honorable Mr. Grey is an eminent statesman, a dignified, scholarly, and to all appearance, high-minded man? what if my patient is sweet, dove-eyed and affectionate?
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She was not the blue-eyed, golden-haired girl of his dreams, but a sweet, earnest dove-eyed darling.
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