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Almond-eyed   /ˈɑmənd-aɪd/   Listen
Almond-eyed

adjective
1.
Having almond-shaped eyes.





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"Almond-eyed" Quotes from Famous Books



... breathing an air of prodigious records and relics. I conned my guide-book and looked up at the great mosaics, and then fumbled at poor Murray again for some intenser light on the court of Justinian; but I can imagine that to a visitor more intimate with the originals of the various great almond-eyed mosaic portraits in the vaults of the churches these extremely curious works of art may have a really formidable interest. I found in the place at large, by daylight, the look of a vast straggling depopulated village. ...
— Italian Hours • Henry James
... the yellow palankeen We swung along in state between Twinkling domes of gold and green Through the rich bazaar, Where the cross-legged merchants sat, Old and almond-eyed and fat, Each upon a gorgeous mat, Each in a cymar; Each in crimson samite breeches, Watching ...
— Collected Poems - Volume One (of 2) • Alfred Noyes


Words linked to "Almond-eyed" :   eyed


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