Eyelike

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Having attributes or appearances that remind one of an eye Displaying features or forms that suggest the typical aspects found in an eye Pertaining to visual elements that resemble or imitate eye characteristics
2. Having a shape or design that closely mimics the form of an eye
3. Showing qualities or structures that evoke the appearance of an eye

Etymology: "Eyelike" is a plain compound of two English words: "eye," from Old English "ēage," and the suffix "-like," which turns a noun into an adjective meaning "having the form or appearance of" the noun. Put together, the word describes anything that looks like an eye, whether a round spot on a peacock's feathers, a hole in a sheet of material, or a gap in clouds seen from above. The "-like" suffix is one of the oldest productive endings in English, descending from Old English "-lic," which itself came from a word meaning "body" or "form." That sense of shape is still visible in the word's meaning: "eyelike" is about resemblance of form rather than function, so it says something looks like an eye without implying it sees.

Synonyms: ocular, vision-like

Antonyms: blind