espial

English

Etymology

From Middle English espiaille, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from espier (“to watch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈspaɪ.əl/, /ɛˈspaɪ.əl/

• Rhymes: -aɪəl

Noun

espial (countable and uncountable, plural espials)

1. Act of noticing or observing.
   • Byron

     screened from espial by the jutting cape

2. The fact of noticing or observing; a discovery.
3. (obsolete) A spy; a scout.
   • Holland

     Their espials […] brought word.

Translations

act of noticing or observing

• Bulgarian: съзиране n (sǎzirane), забелязване n (zabeljazvane)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: наблюде́ние (ru) n (nabljudénije), высле́живание (ru) n (vysléživanije)

See also

• espy
• spy

Anagrams

• epsila, lipase, plaise