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    [Adjective]  | "dewy-eyed" | \ ˈdü-ē-ˌīd \


    1: naively innocent and trusting


    Origin: 1938 ;

    [Adjective]  | "dewy-eyed" 


    1: lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment;


      * e.g., " ... dewy-eyed newlyweds who had yet to experience the trials and tribulations of married life "





    2: readily taken advantage of;


      * e.g., " ... perpetrators of the fraud lured in dewy-eyed investors "



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     [ "dewy-eyed" ]

    1: When perhaps one has smoked a little too much..and their eyes become 'dewy' or glazed over. This is known as being 'dewy-eyed.'

      * e.g.,  ... hey man i smoked so much dope i feel so alive! 

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