eyeful

English

Alternative forms
  • eye-full

Etymology 1

eye +‎ -ful

Noun

eyeful (plural eyefuls or eyesful)

  1. A full or complete view; a good look.
  2. (sometimes ironic) A remarkable sight or a very attractive person.
  3. Enough material to fill one's eye.
    I could barely see through two eyefuls of dust.
    an eyeful of tears
  4. (informal) A brief period of sleep; forty winks.
    • 2021, Will Fey, Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS: 1943–45, page 272:
      We pulled our heavy overcoats tightly around us, shivering, and put our heads down as the din of fighting stopped for a while to grab an eyeful of sleep.

Etymology 2

eye +‎ -ful

Adjective

eyeful (comparative more eyeful, superlative most eyeful)

  1. Filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable.
    • 2000, Homer, Iliad and the Odyssey:
      With this, he hung them up aloft, upon a tamrick bough, As eyeful trophies [...]
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