单词 | oeillade |
释义 | oeilladen. A glance of the eye; a meaningful or knowing look, esp. an amorous look, an ogle.Quot. 1725 represents the speech of a French speaker. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > amorous looks or demeanour > flirtatious look(s) amorets1590 belgard1590 oeillade1592 sheep's eyes1604 belamour1610 oglea1668 whiting's eye1673 the glad eye1911 glad1927 1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher Ep. sig. A2v What amorous glaunces, what smirking Ocyliades. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xix. 25 Shee gaue strange aliads [1623 Eliads, later Folios Iliads], and most speaking lookes. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iii. 54 Pages wife..gaue mee good eyes too; examind my parts with most iudicious illiads . View more context for this quotation 1725 G. Odingsells Bath Unmask'd v. iv. 88 Den me set up my Shoulder to my right Ear, vid my Head a stoop vis-a-vis, den we cast des oeillades; den you smile. 1787 R. Burns Let. Feb. (2001) I. 94 My devotions proceed no farther than a forenoon's walk, a sentimental conversation, now and then a squeeze of the hand or interchanging an oeillade. a1803 C. L. Lewes Mem. (1805) I. 98 With a most impressive œillade from the white of his eyes only. ?1856 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship iv. 22 Horace..favouring Alice with a languishing oeillade. 1919 R. Firbank Valmouth ix. 158 ‘Oh Haree-ee-ee,’ she flashed an oeillade up into the electric-blue dome of her parasol. 1973 Daily Tel. 16 Apr. 13/5 Alastair Sim goes through his popular repertoire of ho-ho's and knowing oeillades at the Savoy. 1997 Church Times 1 Aug. 12/1 At the coronation of George IV it was noted disapprovingly that he was blowing kisses and exchanging oeillades with various ladies throughout the sacred ceremony. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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