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語源 1

From on- +‎ look. Compare 古期英語 onlēċ (“onlook, consideration, regard”).

名詞

onlook (複数形 onlooks)

1. The act of looking on (something); observation.
   • 1966, Baptist Historical Society, The Baptist quarterly, volume 21, page 103:

     The object of the onlook is taken to be more than physical, more than just sense-experience, therefore it is meta-physical.

2. That which is looked at, regarded, or considered. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (まれに) One's perspective or outlook.
   • 2004, Richard Briggs, Words in Action:

     This onlook is certainly foundational to Christianity. […] Religious belief is the conviction (または hope) that one's onlook conforms to an authoritative onlook, a divine onlook.

Further reading

• “onlook” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.

語源 2

From on- +‎ look. Compare 古期英語 onlōcian.

動詞

onlook (三人称単数 現在形 onlooks, 現在分詞 onlooking, 過去形および過去分詞形 onlooked)

1. (intransitive) To look on or look at; watch; observe; view; regard.
   • 2008, Howard Pyle, The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions:

     So they two fought for so long a time that those who onlooked were astonished at the strength and the courage and the endurance of those two champions, […]

Further reading

• “onlooker” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2020.

アナグラム

• look on