beady
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbiː.di/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbi.di/
Adjective
[edit]beady (comparative beadier or more beady, superlative beadiest or most beady)
- Resembling beads; small, round, and gleaming.
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 19, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- seeing Mrs. Bute's beady eyes
- 1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major:
- I shivered in every limb, and a cold beady dew sprang out on my temples as I stood with eyes riveted on the spectral figure before me.
- Bright and penetrating. (of eyes or a look)
- 1996, Radiohead (lyrics and music), “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”, in The Bends:
- Cracked eggs, dead birds, scream as they fight for life / I can feel death, can see its beady eyes
- Covered or ornamented with, or as if with, beads.
- Characterized by beads.
- beady liquor