eyeful

English

Alternative forms

• eye-full

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From eye +‎ -ful.

Noun

eyeful (plural eyefuls or eyesful)

1. A full or complete view; a good look.
2. (sometimes ironic) A remarkable sight or a very attractive person.
3. Enough material to fill one's eye.

   I could barely see through two eyefuls of dust.

   an eyeful of tears

4. (informal) A brief period of sleep; forty winks.
   • 2021, Will Fey, Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS: 1943–45, page 272:

     We pulled our heavy overcoats tightly around us, shivering, and put our heads down as the din of fighting stopped for a while to grab an eyeful of sleep.

Etymology 2

From eye +‎ -ful.

Adjective

eyeful (comparative more eyeful, superlative most eyeful)

1. Filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable.
   • 2000, Homer, Iliad and the Odyssey:

     With this, he hung them up aloft, upon a tamrick bough, As eyeful trophies [...]