gooseberry-eyed
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Meaning · English
Having prominent and dull grey eyes.
Register: archaic, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
He was a small, smug-faced, gooseberry-eyed man, quick in his movements, glib with his tongue, and full of the quaint shop-courtesy of eighty years ago […]
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “gooseberry-eyed” mean?
Having prominent and dull grey eyes.
Is “gooseberry-eyed” formal or informal?
gooseberry-eyed is generally archaic, slang.