eye-apple

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ij appel, from Old English ēagæppel (“eyeball, pupil”), from Proto-West Germanic *augapl, equivalent to eye +‎ apple. Cognate with West Frisian eachappel (“pupil”), Dutch oogappel (“eyeball; pupil”), German Augapfel (“eyeball”), Danish øjeæble (“eyeball”), Norwegian øyeeple (“eyeball”). === Noun === eye-apple (plural eye-apples) (anatomy) The eyeball or pupil Synonym of apple of one's eye. === See also === apple of the eye