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Etymology

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Fromeye +‎candy. Early-1980’s US TV and advertising jargon,[1] perhaps influenced by earliernose candy(cocaine).

Noun

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eyecandy (uncountable)

  1. A veryattractive person or persons, or the salientvisible physical attributes thereof.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:beautiful person
    Antonyms:seeThesaurus:ugly person
    Hypernym:head-turner
    I'm going to the beach to check out someeye candy.
    • 1980, Geoffrey Cowan,See No Evil, Simon and Schuster,→ISBN,page309:
      But despite his claims that NBC would become “the class act,” not all of [Fred] Silverman's changes seemed aimed in direction of excellence. Unfortunately his rationale for eschewing exploitative “eye candy” seemed to apply to more serious sex-related ventures as well.
  2. (by extension) Anyobject orsight with considerablevisualappeal.
    Synonym:feast for the eyes
    • 2007,Maximum PC, number Winter, page 3:
      DirectX 10 promises an almost obscene step up in the level ofeye candy you can expect from an A-list game, which is the great news. The bad news is, you'll need a new videocard to get those gorgeous graphics.

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Translations

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attractive person

References

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  1. ^eye candy at theGoogle Books Ngram Viewer.
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