Righteyed

Righteyed is an adjective used to describe something relating to the right eye, or to indicate a preference for the right eye in sighting or visual tasks. In modern English, the hyphenated form right-eyed is more common, and the closed form righteyed is relatively rare and often found in older or more literary texts.

Usage and context are mostly tied to ocular dominance, a phenomenon wherein one eye provides a stronger input for precise aiming or vision. While many discussions of eye preference use terms like right eye or right-eyed, righteyed can appear in descriptive writing or historical sources to modify a noun or to convey a stylistic tone. It is not a technical term with a distinct definition in ophthalmology, where terms like “right eye” or “dominant eye” are standard.

Etymology and orthography: the word is formed from the word right plus eye with the past participle suffix -ed. The preferred modern spelling is right-eyed, with righteyed treated as an archaic or literary variant in many style guides.

See also: ocular dominance; right eye; left eye; amblyopia.