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English
Etymology
From Middle English underloken (“to be suspicious of; look at with mistrust”), equivalent to under- + look.
Pronunciation
Noun
underlook (plural underlooks)
- (rare) A concealed or oblique glance.
1884, M. L. O'Byrne, Ill-won Peerages, Or, An Unhallowed Union, page 427:[…] exultingly cried Lord Carhampton, stealing an underlook at Maurice O'Driscoll, whom he knew was wont to boast of his Milesian lineage; […]
1973, Jack Kerouac, Visions of Cody, New Directions, →ISBN:[…] rubbing his hands busily, rocking back and forth with one foot in front of the other, his head down but watching Watson with an underlook that was very arrogant, cocky, […]
Verb
underlook (third-person singular simple present underlooks, present participle underlooking, simple past and past participle underlooked) (transitive, rare)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) To be suspicious or mistrustful of.
1906, Elmer W. Cavins, Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois, Reprint edition, Gutenberg Project, published 2007:_Suspect._ To _underlook_; to imagine or infer that appearances misrepresent; hence one who _suspects_ is inclined to _look beneath_ the surface.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) To look underneath.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) To fail to notice because one is looking too low.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) To look intently at or into; scrutinize; inspect.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) To fail to give due worth or respect to.
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