roving eye
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
The personal characteristic of taking amorous interest in people other than one's own spouse or regular romantic partner.
Example Sentences
- "Mr Codlin had relaxed into a grim smile as his roving eye detected hands going into waistcoat pockets and groping secretly for sixpences."
- "His roving eye traveled around the room, and, resting upon the three guests, became inflamed."
- "Like Jimmy Breslin, a writer he was often compared to, he turned his roving eye to ordinary Southerners overlooked by most writers and mined the inexhaustible vein of human experience."
- "This dame she was new-fangled And of a roving eye. . . . "Beshrew me," quoth King Arthur, "I think thou be'st not true!""
- "But because she her wanton, roving eye Turned upon me, her angry paramour Did scourge her from her head unto her feet."
- "Miss Israel . . . plans to wear a bulletproof gown created by Tel Aviv designer Galit Levi. . . . The heavy-duty 2001 creation could also keep Miss Israel safe from the roving eye of pageant director Donald Trump."