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stye
/ staɪ /
noun
- inflammation of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid, usually caused by bacteria technical name hordeolum
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stye1
C15 styanye (mistakenly taken as sty on eye ), from Old English stīgend rising, hence swelling, stye + ye eye
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Example Sentences
The callous Justice passed on to the next stye, immersed in thought.
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Well, there is a stye in the soul of every one of us, in which abides a porker more or less objectionable.
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As he jumped from the coop to the wall of the stye, he caught sight of several rats scampering to their holes.
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For example, in Servia, if a man has a stye on his eyelid he comes to the conclusion that his aunt is pregnant.
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Up the beach was his hut—I have seen many a stye a king to it—and in the doorway his—wife must I call her?
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