evil eye: Meaning and Definition of

e'vil eye'

Pronunciation: [key]
  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.
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