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oeillade

[ œ-yad ]

noun

, French.
, plural oeil·lades [œ, -, yad].
  1. an amorous glance; ogle.


oeillade

/ œjad; ɜːˈjɑːd /

noun

  1. literary.
    an amorous or suggestive glance; ogle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of oeillade1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from French; literally, “amorous glance; furtive glance”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of oeillade1

C16: from French, from oeil eye, from Latin oculus + -ade as in fusillade
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Example Sentences

Well, Bluebell is our heroine, and we must make the best of her,—to some people admiration never does come amiss; and if a demure oeillade can play the mischief with the too inflammable of the rougher sex, I don't know who is to be held accountable except the father of lies.

The young librarian helped the fatigued-looking wine into the two glasses, where it lay as if thoroughly exhausted by the effort of getting there, and then languidly left the parlour, turning his bulging head over his shoulder to indulge in a pathetic oeillade ere he vanished.

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