eye-apple
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eye-apple
Where it comes from
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”).
noun eye-apples
- The eyeball or pupil
- Synonym of apple of one's eye.
