eyelid

Meanings

Plural: eyelids

Noun

either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English eyelidd, eye-led, eiȝelid, eghe-lydd, yȝe-lydd, ehlid, yhelidd, from an unrecorded Old English *ēaghlid (“eyelid”), from Proto-West Germanic *augahlid (“eyelid”), equivalent to eye + lid. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oogenlid (“eyelid”), West Frisian eachlid (“eyelid”), Dutch ooglid (“eyelid”), German Low German Ooglidd (“eyelid”), German Augenlid (“eyelid”).
Generally superseded non-native Middle English palpebre (“eyelid”), borrowed from Latin palpebra (“eyelid”) (see Modern English palpebra).

Synonyms

blepharon, lid, palpebra

Scrabble Score: 10

eyelid is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
eyelid is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
eyelid is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

eyelid is a valid Words With Friends word