underlook

English[edit]

From Middle English underloken (“to be suspicious of; look at with mistrust”), equivalent to under- +‎ look.

(noun)
- (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndɚlʊk/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndəlʊk/
(verb)
- (General American) IPA^(key): /ʌndɚˈlʊk/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌndəˈlʊk/

underlook (plural underlooks)

(rare) A concealed or oblique glance.
- 1884, M. L. O'Byrne, Ill-won Peerages, Or, An Unhallowed Union, page 427:
  […] exultingly cried Lord Carhampton, stealing an underlook at Maurice O'Driscoll, whom ^[sic] he knew was wont to boast of his Milesian lineage; […]
- 1973, Jack Kerouac, Visions of Cody, New Directions, →ISBN:
  […] rubbing his hands busily, rocking back and forth with one foot in front of the other, his head down but watching Watson with an underlook that was very arrogant, cocky, […]

underlook (third-person singular simple present underlooks, present participle underlooking, simple past and past participle underlooked) (transitive, rare)

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) To be suspicious or mistrustful of.
- 1906, Elmer W. Cavins, Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois‎^[1], Reprint edition, Gutenberg Project, published 2007:
  _Suspect._ To _underlook_; to imagine or infer that appearances misrepresent; hence one who _suspects_ is inclined to _look beneath_ the surface.
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) To look underneath.
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) To fail to notice because one is looking too low.
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) To look intently at or into; scrutinize; inspect.
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) To fail to give due worth or respect to.