Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evil-eye

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables: evil--eye
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to cast an evil eye upon someone or something

Transitive verb

Etymology

Denominal verb of evil eye.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

evil-eyes (present, singular) evil-eyeing (participle, present) evil-eying (participle, present) evil-eyed (participle, past) evil-eyed (past)

Questions

What does evil-eye mean?: to cast an evil eye upon someone or something
Where does evil-eye come from?: Denominal verb of evil eye.

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