onlook

== English == === Alternative forms === on-look === Etymology 1 === From on- +‎ look. Compare Old English onlēċ (“onlook, consideration, regard”). ==== Noun ==== onlook (plural onlooks) The act of looking on (something); observation. That which is looked at, regarded, or considered. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (rare) One's perspective or outlook. ==== Further reading ==== “onlook”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Etymology 2 === From on- +‎ look. Compare Old English onlōcian. ==== Verb ==== onlook (third-person singular simple present onlooks, present participle onlooking, simple past and past participle onlooked) (intransitive) To look on or look at; watch; observe; view; regard. ==== Further reading ==== Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “onlooker”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === look on