looky-loo
English
noun
Definitions
- (informal) One who looks or stares; a gawker; a nosy or overly inquisitive person.
- (informal) A look at something; a glance; an opportunity to look around.
- (slang) A person who comes into a store and look looks around but doesn't buy anything.
Etymology
Compound from English look + English lew (sunny, warm).
Origin
English
lew
Gloss
sunny, warm
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
温, 暖
Emoji
☀️ ⛅️ 🌤️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterlook English
- belook English
- forelook English
- forthlook English
- freelook English
- hindlook English
- inlook English
- lew English
- lewth English
- look English
- look-back English
- lookability English
- lookable English
- lookahead English
- lookalike English
- lookaround English
- lookaside English
- lookbehind English
- lookbook English
- lookdown English
- lookee English
- looker English
- lookest English
- looketh English
- lookful English
- looking English
- lookism English
- lookist English
- lookless English
- lookoff English
- lookover English
- looksome English
- lookt English
- mislook English
- mouselook English
- onlook English
- onlooker English
- outlook English
- overlook English
- relook English
- underlook English
- uplook English
- wetlook English
- Look German
- look French
- louis French
- look Spanish, Castilian
- loken Middle English
- lúkk Icelandic
- luk Tok Pisin
- lukim Tok Pisin
- lukluk Tok Pisin
- luku Sranan Tongo
- lew
- look
- lookt
- lewth
- uplook
- looker
- onlook
- inlook
- relook
- lookee
- belook
- lookoff
- looking
- looketh
- mislook
- outlook
- lookest
- lookful
- wetlook
- lookist
- lookism
- overlook
- forelook
- lookover
- onlooker
- lookless
- freelook
- hindlook
- lookdown
- lookbook
- lookable
- looksome
- lookalike
- look-back
- afterlook
- lookaside
- lookahead
- underlook
- forthlook
- mouselook
- lookbehind
- lookaround
- lookability