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œillade

œillade is the alternative spelling of oeillade.

Meaning of oeillade

Noun

oeillade (plural oeillades)

  1. (literary) A glance, especially an amorous one; an ogle
    • 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.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of œillade

pluralœillades

Questions about œillade

What is œillade the alternative spelling of?
Œillade is the alternative spelling of oeillade.

Words near œillade in the dictionary

  1. Œdipal
  2. Œdipus
  3. œgophony
  4. œil-de-bœuf
  5. œil-de-perdrix
  6. œillade
  7. œillades
  8. œils-de-bœuf
  9. œils-de-perdrix
  10. œkist
  11. Œnanthe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: œillade (page history and authors); oeillade (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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