eye-apple
English
Etymology
From Middle English ij appel, from Old English ēaġæppel (“eyeball, pupil”), from Proto-Germanic *augaaplaz, equivalent to eye + apple. Cognate with West Frisian eachappel (“pupil”), Dutch oogappel (“eyeball; pupil”), German Augapfel (“eyeball”), Danish øjeæble (“eyeball”), Norwegian øyeeple (“eyeball”).
Noun
eye-apple (plural eye-apples)
- (anatomy) The eyeball or pupil
- Synonym of apple of one's eye
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