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☆ starry-eyed (-id′)

adjective

  1. with the eyes sparkling in a glow of happiness, dreams, wonder, romance, etc.
  2. impractical, unrealistic, overly optimistic, etc. a starry-eyed reformer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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