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English
Etymology
From be- + monocle + -ed.
Adjective
bemonocled (not comparable)
- Synonym of monocled
1896 April 22, “An Inventor Who Got Rich”, in The Journal and Review, volume XXVI, Aiken, S.C., column 1:One day in June a foreign tourist, bemonocled and beleggined, made application at the door of my “doby” for shelter from an impending storm which was already darkening the western sky.
1936 August 10, Dewitt Mackezie, “Nervous Balkans Keep Close Watch As Dictatorship Arises in Greece”, in Elmira Star-Gazette, volume 30, number 35, Elmira, N.Y., page one, column 4:The bemonocled King of the Hellenes became a popular diner-out in London and other capitals during the dozen years of his exile, while his mother-in-law, the vigorous Queen Marie of Rumania, was trying to get him restored to his throne.
1995 July 27, Jerry Tallmer, “Lulu lives again, with a score to suit”, in The Record, page HF-8:Among those so entrapped (not counting the moviegoer) are Dr. Ludwig Schoen (Fritz Korner), a bemonocled stuffed-shirt newspaper publisher who might just remind you of our own Robert McNamara;