# have eyes in the back of one's head

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To be particularly, especially uncannily, observant, as if able to see in all directions at once.

## Etymology
From Latin in occipitio quoque habet oculos ("she has eyes even on the back of her head"), from Plautus, Aulularia (The Pot of Gold), act 1, scene 1.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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