lorgner

to ogle; to leer; to covet; to look at using a monocle or lorgnette; to look ahead (to)

Of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *lūrni-, from the root *lūr-, *lūraną (“to spy, watch”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to see”), similar to Dutch loens (“cross-eyed”), Latin luscus (“half-blind”).