Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: ogle – omnipotent
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ogle, v. [Dutch oog, the eye; Low German oegeln, to look at.]
Gaze at intrusively; to look at with side glances to attract attention.
oh, interj. or exclaim. [Another spelling of O interjection, intended to express a longer or stronger sound.]
- Expresses fondness of or endearment to the idea or thing which follows.
- Intensifies sadness or disappointment associated with the idea or thing which follows.
- Used to elicit the attention of an addressee [which addressee usually follows.]
- Expresses earnest desire for action.
- Used to express strong emotion.
- Intensifies the word which follows.
- Used to indicate understanding.
oil (-s), n. [OHG oli; OE ele.]
A viscous substance drawn from animal or vegetable sources, noted for its inflammability, fluidity, and insolubility in water.
old (-er, -est), adj. [OE altd.]
- Used; discarded; outdated.
- Former; previous; past; subsisting before something else.
- Ancient; long ago; [to express familiarity affection.]
- Eternal; infinite; everlasting; far back into the past.
- Long-time; long-term; of long continuance; begun long ago.
- Elderly; aged; senior; advanced in years; having lived for a very long time.
- Mature; advanced.
- Phrase. “Old fashioned” (see old, adj. + fashioned, verbal adj.): former; previous; obsolete; antiquated; passed by in time; pertaining to former days; according to ancient standards.
omen, n. [L.]
Sign; augury; foreshadowing; prognostic; manifestation; indication of some future event.
ominous, adj. [L. ominosus, portentous; see omen, n.]
Sinister; foreboding; presaging evil; signaling a future evil; in the nature of an omen.
omit (-ted), v. [L. omittere, to let go, let loose, lay aside.]
- Neglect; fail; make no effort.
- Leave out; exclude; not mention.
omnifold, adj. [onmi, all + fold.]
Myriad; manifold; numerous; multitudinous; innumerable; multivalent; many-faceted; infinite; endless; having countless perspectives.
omnipotence (omnipotence'), n. [L.]
- Almighty power; an attribute of God.
- God; the Almighty.
omnipotent, adj. [Fr. < L. omni, all + potens, able, powerful.]
Almighty; all powerful.