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    Patwa headword

    Dry-eye

    /DRY-eye/

    Adjective
    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.