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doey

adj

Etymology

From doe + -y.

  1. derived from *dʰeh₁(y)-✻ — “to suck (milk), to suckle”
  2. inherited from *daihā✻ — “female deer, mother deer”
  3. inherited from dā
  4. inherited from do — “(female) fallow deer”
  5. suffixed as doey — “doe + y”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a doe.

    • The little lady with the up-flipped hair and the doe-y eyes and the strategic crackle in her British voice (we’ve fallen hopelessly in love with her) does it again this Wednesday.
    • She’s got a new haircut, a white blazer pantsuit, soft doey eyes and four added years.
    • The doey, soft eyes of the dairy cows; […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA