- Gloss
- "Bold / Disrespectful"
- Definition
- Describes someone (usually a child) who is brazen, fearless, or openly disrespectful without shedding a tear when scolded.
- Example
- "Yuh too dry-eye fi yuh age." — "You are too bold for your age."
- Origin
- Descriptive compound.
As an everyday term, Dry-eye is one you'll likely come across in real Jamaican speech. Try the Jamaican Patois translator to see it in a sentence, or head back to the lexicon index for more words like it.