ogle English · revision 1375

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈəʊɡl̩/ ''(UK)''; /ˈoʊɡl̩/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is probably [[bor|nds|oegeln]], a frequentative of ''oegen'' “to look at”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from ''oog'' or ''oege'' “eye”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) Random House derives it instead from Dutch.^(RHWU) It is related to [[eye]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To cast amorous or coquettish glances (1682–87).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) Etymonline calls it originally a cant word.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The transitive sense, to eye someone amorously, appeared in 1711,^(OED 1989) and the more neutral sense of simply looking at something by 1820.^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) A noun ''ogle'' meant an eye in thieves' cant (1700)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and an amorous glance from 1711.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1682–87 – to glance amorously.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1700 – noun, an eye, in cant.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1711 – to eye amorously; noun, an amorous glance.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1820 – to keep one's eyes on.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To stare at someone impertinently, flirtatiously or with desire.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To look at something with greedy interest.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # An impertinent, flirtatious or amorous stare.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ogler]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}