ogle
English edit
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Etymology edit
17th century. Probably from Low German ögeln (“to ogle, to flirt with one's eyes”), from Middle Low German ö̂gelen, frequentative of Middle Low German ö̂gen, from Old Saxon ōgian, from Proto-West Germanic *augijan (“to show”). Alternatively from an equivalent Dutch *ogelen, but this seems unattested (only the simplex ogen). In both cases equivalent to English eye + -le.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: ōʹgəl, (less common) enPR: ŏgʹəl
- (Received Pronunciation): IPA(key): /ˈəʊɡl̩/, (less common) /ˈɒɡl̩/
- (General American): IPA(key): /ˈoʊɡl̩/, (less common) /ˈɑɡl̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊɡəl, -ɒɡəl
Verb edit
ogle (third-person singular simple present ogles, present participle ogling, simple past and past participle ogled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
- 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The First Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
- And ogling all their audience, ere they speak.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
to stare flirtatiously
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Noun edit
ogle (plural ogles)
- An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.
- (Polari, usually in the plural) An eye.
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Translations edit
an impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare
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References edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams edit
Latvian edit
Alternative forms edit
- (dialectal forms) oglis
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *anˀglís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ogle f (5th declension)
- charcoal (partially burnt organic materials, usually wood)
- aktīvā ogle, aktivētā ogle ― activated carbon
- melns kā ogle ― black as charcoal
- ogles zīmējumi ― charcoal drawings
- kvēlojošas ogles ― burning coals
- (syn. akmeņogle) coal (mineral deposits, used as industrial fuel)
- ogļu atradnes ― coal deposits
- ogļu ieguve ― coal mining
- ogļu rūpniecība ― coal industry
Declension edit
Declension of ogle (5th declension)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ogle”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Slovene edit
Noun edit
ógle
- accusative plural of ogel