undereye

English

Etymology

under +‎ eye

Adjective

undereye (not comparable)

1. Under the eye.
   • 2007 August 2, Laurel Naversen Geraghty, “I Am Not a Crab: When Wrinkles Lie”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Lips that have thinned over time may cause a person to appear irritable or tense, a naturally elevated brow may suggest judgment or skepticism, and undereye shadows can make a person appear weary and burdened.

Noun

undereye (plural undereyes)

1. The area of skin immediately under the eye.
   • 2013, Lindsay Evelyn Hamilton, Lily Whites of Steel, page 374:

     In some vague corner of his mind, he remembered her forgetfulness, the weary smudges of blue that bruised her undereyes when the sky was still pale with white light from the sun […]