oeillade

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See also: œillade

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French œillade.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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oeillade (plural oeillades)

  1. (literary) A glance, especially an amorous one; an ogle
    • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
      I know your Lady do's not loue her Husband, / I am sure of that: and at her late being heere, / She gaue strange Eliads, and most speaking lookes / To Noble Edmund.
    • 1984, Anthony Burgess, Enderby's Dark Lady:
      ‘My, my,’ she said, with an oeillade meant to be comic.
    • 4 Sep 1999, Michael Billington, The Guardian:
      But the shifting moral tone is perfectly caught in Helen McCrory's polymorphous Phocion, who is mischievously aware of her sexual power and switches from macho snarls when seducing a woman to flirty oeillades when playing with a man.

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French

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Noun

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oeillade f (plural oeillades)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of œillade.

Usage notes

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  • The œ ligature is often replaced in contemporary French with oe (the œ character does not appear on AZERTY keyboards), but this is nonstandard.

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