Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - gloat
Gloat
gloat
v. & n. --v.intr. (often foll. by on, upon, over) consider or contemplate with lust, greed, malice, triumph, etc. (gloated over his collection). --n. 1 the act of gloating. 2 a look or expression of triumphant satisfaction. Derivatives gloater n. gloatingly adv. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn., but perh. rel. to ON glotta grin, MHG glotzen stare
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I. intransitive verb Etymology: akin to Middle English glouten to scowl and perhaps to Old Norse glotta to grin scornfully Date: 1605 to look or glance admiringly or amorously, to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight , ~er noun ~ingly adverb II. noun Date: 1899 the act or feeling of one who ~s ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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