"eye-apple" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eye-apples [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English ij appel, from Old English ēagæppel (“eyeball, pupil”), from Proto-West Germanic *augapl, equivalent to eye + apple. Cognate with West Frisian eachappel (“pupil”), Dutch oogappel (“eyeball; pupil”), German Augapfel (“eyeball”), Danish øjeæble (“eyeball”), Norwegian øyeeple (“eyeball”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ij appel}} Middle English ij appel, {{inh|en|ang|ēagæppel|t=eyeball, pupil}} Old English ēagæppel (“eyeball, pupil”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*augapl}} Proto-West Germanic *augapl, {{af|en|eye|apple}} eye + apple, {{cog|fy|eachappel|t=pupil}} West Frisian eachappel (“pupil”), {{cog|nl|oogappel|t=eyeball; pupil}} Dutch oogappel (“eyeball; pupil”), {{cog|de|Augapfel|t=eyeball}} German Augapfel (“eyeball”), {{cog|da|øjeæble|t=eyeball}} Danish øjeæble (“eyeball”), {{cog|no|øyeeple|t=eyeball}} Norwegian øyeeple (“eyeball”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} eye-apple (plural eye-apples)
  1. (anatomy) The eyeball or pupil Categories (topical): Anatomy, Eye
    Sense id: en-eye-apple-en-noun-YnC96fL0 Disambiguation of Eye: 85 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. Synonym of apple of one's eye Synonyms: apple of one's eye [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-eye-apple-en-noun-z94np-U8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: apple of the eye

Inflected forms

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