lorgnette

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lorgnette

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n.
A pair of eyeglasses or opera glasses with a short handle.

[French, from lorgner, to peer at, from Old French, from lorgne, squinting, of Germanic origin.]

(lorn-YET)

noun
A pair of eyeglasses or opera glasses on a handle.

Etymology
From French, from lorgner (to have a furtive look), from Middle French lorgne (squinting).

Usage
Pictures of lorgnettes: http://propspecs.com/glasses/lorgnette.htm "But my detention and my massive stain, And my distortion and my Calvary I grind into a little light lorgnette Most sly: to read man's inhumanity. And I remark my Matter is not all." — From the poem "Riders to the Blood-red Wrath" Book: Selected Poems, 1963.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - stanglorgnet, teaterkikkert

Nederlands (Dutch)
lorgnet, knijpbrilletje, knijper

Français (French)
n. - (Hist) face-à-main, lorgnette

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stielbrille

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γυαλιά μύτης, φασαμέν

Italiano (Italian)
occhialetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - binóculo (m) de teatro

Русский (Russian)
лорнет, театральный бинокль

Español (Spanish)
n. - impertinentes

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lornjett, teaterkikare (med skaft)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
带柄眼镜, 带柄望远镜

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 帶柄眼鏡, 帶柄望遠鏡

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 손잡이 달린 안경, 오페라 안경

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - オペラグラス, 柄付き眼鏡

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نظارات, منظار للأوبرا ذو يد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משקפיים או משקפת-אופרה עם ידית ארוכה‬

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