The new 'very sexy' bikini trend that we're pretty much terrified of. Apparently, this is the reason behind Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson's split. You may also like. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray. The O'Ruddy Stephen Crane. Highways in Hiding George Oliver Smith. Derived forms of ogle ogler , noun. Your IP address will be recorded. Log in No account?
Create an account. Remember me. Forthright forthright wrote, - 09 - 16 Forthright forthright - 09 - 16 Previous Share Flag Next. Ogle derives from a Low German word, oegeln or perhaps a closely related but unattested Dutch word , which is related to the modern German Auge 'eye' and is thus cognate with the English eye.
Aside from one possibly spurious 16th century reference, all of the earliest English instances are from the s, strongly suggesting that it came into the language around that time and not much before. However, as early as we have the following from John Byrom in his curiously-titled poem The Dissection of a Beau's Head : "Those Muscles, in English, wherewith a Man ogles, When on a fair Lady he fixes his Goggles", with the rhyme suggesting that OG-guhl has been around quite a long time.
Strikingly, very few of you commented to say that you use two or more of these. Some dictionaries list the two more popular options, while others largely British mention only OH-guhl, but none list OO-guhl as a possibility. What is the definition of ogle? Browse often. Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes. Image credits. Word of the Day kind-hearted. About this. Blog Outsets and onsets!
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