lorgnette

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle

Word Origin

lorgnette (n.)
"opera glass with a handle," 1803 (from 1776 as a French word in English), from French lorgnette, from lorgner "to squint," also "to leer at, oogle" (16c.), from lorgne "squinting," of uncertain origin. With diminutive suffix -ette. Compare also French lorgnon "eyeglass, eyeglasses."

Example

1. Lady montague looked through her lorgnette at him .
2. " I really never met with one woman so ready to do justice to the charms of another as yourself , " responded lucien , raising his lorgnette to his eye .

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