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Definition of Argus-eyed

1. Adjective. Having very keen vision. "Quick-sighted as a cat"

2. Adjective. Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger. "A watchful parent with a toddler in tow"

Definition of Argus-eyed

1. Adjective. Ever vigilant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Argus-eyed

argumentizes argumentizing argumentless arguments argumentum argumentum ad Lazarum argumentum ad etymologiam argumentum ad fidem argumentum ad nauseam argumentum ad numerum

argumentum ad populum argumentum ad verecundiam argumentums ad hominem argus argus-eyed (current term) argus pheasant argus shell arguses argutation argutations

argute argutely arguteness argutite argy-bargied argy-bargies argy-bargy argy-bargying argyle

Literary usage of Argus-eyed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lost Letters from Lesbos by Lucy McDowell Milburn (1902)
"... but Love himself is Argus- eyed," and shines with the brightness and beauty of the sun. It seems to me that Hesiod is quite right in counting Love the ..."

2. Some Brief Comments on Passing Events: Made Between February 4th, 1853, and by Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff (1884)
"... argus-eyed to detect every opportunity of advancing the general weal, combining in itself all that is most solid in wisdom, mature in experience, ..."

3. Tarry at Home Travels by Edward Everett Hale (1906)
"Do not let argus-eyed Press deceive you here. argus-eyed Press has a knack of seeing the worst and making the most of it. If John Flaherty knock out his ..."

4. Studies and Observations in the School-room by Henry Elton Kratz (1907)
"How could the pupil, with eye studiously on book, conceal his mind-wandering from the Argus- eyed genius of the school-room? This argus-eyed teacher could ..."

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