starey

adj

starey

adj

UK /ˈstɛə.ɹi/ · US /ˈstɛɚ.i/

Etymology From stare + -y.

1

Characterized by staring.

[…] skin white as buttermilk and maybe smelling a little like it, and big blue starey eyes, starey to some extent even when she was not distributed over a vaulting horse.2006, Robert Penn Warren, The Cave, page 17:

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