PUPIL


Meaning of PUPIL in English

n.

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle French pupille, from Latin pupilla, from diminutive of pupa doll; from the tiny image of oneself seen reflected in another's eye

Date: 1567

: the contractile aperture in the iris of the eye

– pu · pil · lary \ ' pyü-p ə - ˌ ler- ē \ adjective

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