esguard
English
Etymology
Compare Old French esgart (“look; regard”), French égard. See guard.
Noun
esguard (plural esguards)
- (obsolete) Guard.
- 1616-19, Beaumont and Fletcher, The Knight of Malta
- One of th' Esguard.
- 1616-19, Beaumont and Fletcher, The Knight of Malta
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for esguard in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- dargues, desugar, guardes, sugared
Catalan
Etymology
Deverbal from esguardar
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /əzˈɡwaɾt/
- (Central) IPA(key): /əzˈɡwart/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ezˈɡwaɾt/
Noun
esguard m (plural esguards)
- look, gaze
- Synonym: mirada
- consideration, respect
- Synonym: consideració
Derived terms
- en esguard de
- esguard fix
- per esguard de
- tenint esguard que
Further reading
- “esguard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.