EVIL EYE


Meaning of EVIL EYE in English

— evil-eyed , adj.

1. a look thought capable of inflicting injury or bad luck on the person at whom it is directed.

2. the power, superstitiously attributed to certain persons, of inflicting injury or bad luck by such a look.

[ bef. 1000; ME, OE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .