oglingn.
/ˈəʊɡl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈəʊɡlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈoʊɡ(ə)lɪŋ/, /ˈɑɡ(ə)lɪŋ/ The action of ogle v.; the giving of admiring, amorous, flirtatious, or lecherous looks; an instance of this.
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the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > amorous looks or demeanour > action of giving amorous glances
ogling1682
1682 T. Shadwell Tegue o Divelly (1691) ii. Epil. 80 They say their Wives learn ogling in the Pit [side note, A foolish Word among the Canters for glancing].
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. vii. 48 Here are Dressing and Ogling, Falsehood, Envy, Malice, Scandal; in short, every Thing which is common to the..politest Circle. View more context for this quotation
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 31 It was not enough, that the speech from the throne..threw out oglings and glances of tenderness.
1820 W. Irving Legend Sleepy Hollow in Sketch Bk. vi. 95 The lady of his heart..smiled graciously in reply to all his amorous oglings.
1878 E. Jenkins Haverholme 99 If dining, and ogling, and flattering..could have saved a party, the Whigs would now have been in the ascendant.
1914 W. Lewis Futurism & Flesh in Creatures of Habit (1989) 35 This sort of dialetical ogling is his special stunt.
1988 M. Drabble Jerusalem the Golden (BNC) 74 He responded to her insinuations and oglings and came over to ask her for the pleasure of her hand.
2002 Daily Tel. 9 May 23/7 As soon as Church hit 16, she became a target of lascivious ogling.
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1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iii. i. 21 A penal Mourning for the ogling Offences of his Youth.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 46. ¶8 Being thus qualified, I intend, by the Advice of my Friends, to set up for an Ogling-Master.
1835 G. Daniel Mod. Dunciad 186 Roll no more the leering eye At ev'ry fop that flutters by, Thy ogling days are past.
C2. † ogling-glass n. U.S. (humorous) Obsolete rare a monocle.
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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > eye-glass or monocle
eyeglass1593
glass eye1721
quizzing glass1800
quizzer1806
ogling-glass1843
monocle1873
monoculus1892
window1896
Piccadilly window1897
windowpane1923
1843 Knickerbocker 22 111 There he was promenading,..an ogling-glass lifted to his eye.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
oglingadj.
/ˈəʊɡl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈəʊɡlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈoʊɡ(ə)lɪŋ/, /ˈɑɡ(ə)lɪŋ/ That ogles; giving admiring, amorous, flirtatious, or lecherous looks.
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the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adjective] > casting amorous or admiring looks
ogling1686
1686 A. Behn Lover's Watch 41 By gazing on the Ogling Sex.
a1706 Earl of Dorset Poems (1979) 38 Have at the heart of every ogling beau!
1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 180 The ogling, well-shod lady with her troop of girls.
1897 Pall Mall Mag. Aug. 526 The girl..was an arch, ogling person, with..a great play of shoulders.
1976 A. Haley Roots (1977) lxxviii. 395 Flinging her arms downward in an effort to cover her nakedness from the ogling crowd.
1996 Financial Times 11 Jan. 21/2 Francis knows how to camp it up in style, turning from ogling hermit-confessor to hairy-legged nun.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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