Oeillade
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əːˈjɑːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Oeillade is a noun meaning (literary) A glance, especially an amorous one; an ogle.
Meaning
(literary) A glance, especially an amorous one; an ogle.
Example Sentences
‘My, my,’ she said, with an oeillade meant to be comic.
I know your Lady do's not loue her Husband, / I am sure of that: and at her late being heere, / She gaue strange Eliads, and most speaking lookes / To Noble Edmund.
But the shifting moral tone is perfectly caught in Helen McCrory's polymorphous Phocion, who is mischievously aware of her sexual power and switches from macho snarls when seducing a woman to flirty oeillades when playing with a man.
Word Forms
- oeillades
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ogle, glance, belgard, leer, eyeshot, glaunce.
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