ocular
English
Etymology
Derived from the Latin oculāris (“of the eye”), from oculus (“eye”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
ocular (comparative more ocular, superlative most ocular)
- Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight
- The medication may have adverse ocular side effects.
- It took some time after he lost his eye for him to receive his ocular prosthesis.
- 1860, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Behavior” in The Conduct of Life, Boston: Ticknor & Fields, p. 156,[1]
- The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage, that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is understood all the world over.
- Resembling the eye.
- ocular markings on the wings of a butterfly
- Seen by, or seeing with, the eye; visual.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act II, Scene 3,[2]
- Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore,
- Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof:
- Or by the worth of man’s eternal soul,
- Thou hadst been better have been born a dog
- Than answer my waked wrath!
- 1692, Robert South, “A Discourse concerning Our Saviour’s Resurrection” in Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, London: Jonah Bowyer, Volume V, p. 171,[3]
- For as Thomas was an ocular Witness of Christ’s Death and Burial, so were the other Disciples of his Resurrection; having actually seen him after he was risen.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Volume 3, Letter 63, p. 300,[4]
- […] I should have been apt to think, that the young gentlewomen and Mr. Lovelace were of longer acquaintance than yesterday. For he, by stealth, as it were, cast glances sometimes at them, which they returned; and, on my ocular notice, their eyes fell, as I may say, under my eye, as if they could not stand its examination.
- 1842, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Edward Randolph’s Portrait” in Twice-Told Tales, Volume 2, Boston: James Munroe, p. 32,[5]
- Captain Lincoln proceeded to relate some of the strange fables and fantasies, which, as it was impossible to refute them by ocular demonstration, had grown to be articles of popular belief, in reference to this old picture.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act II, Scene 3,[2]
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to the eye
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resembling the eye
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seen by the eye — see visual
Noun
ocular (plural oculars)
- The eyepiece of a microscope or other optical instrument.
- Any of the scales forming the margin of a reptile's eye.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
ocular m or f (masculine and feminine plural oculars)
Noun
ocular m (plural oculars)
Related terms
Further reading
- “ocular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
Adjective
ocular m or f (plural oculares)
Noun
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Further reading
- “ocular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Spanish
Etymology
Adjective
ocular m or f (masculine and feminine plural oculares)
Noun
ocular m (plural oculares)
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Further reading
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