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lookee

lookee noun: one who is looked at. Also the animate imperative of look.

Noun

lookee (plural lookees)

  1. One who is looked at.
    • The reversal of the direction of the traditional peephole gaze (we see the looker, not the lookee) is only part of this painting's correspondences to Eh Joe; consider, too, the distantiation created by the two focuses: […]1995, Catharina Wulf, Oeil Fauve, page 54
    Synonyms:
    gazee, observee

Also used as

lookee is also the animate imperative of look.

Synonyms of lookee

Forms of lookee

plurallookees

Origin of lookee

From look + -ee.

From look + 'ee (“pronoun”).

Questions about lookee

What does lookee mean?
Lookee means one who is looked at.
What part of speech is lookee?
Lookee is a noun.
What is the plural of lookee?
The plural of lookee is lookees.

Words near lookee in the dictionary

  1. looked up
  2. looked up and down
  3. looked up to
  4. looked upon
  5. lookedst
  6. lookee
  7. lookee-likee
  8. lookee-likees
  9. lookees
  10. looker
  11. looker-on

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