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English
Etymology
eye + glass
Pronunciation
Noun
eyeglass (plural eyeglasses)
- An artificial lens, especially one of a pair.
- A monocle.
- An eyepiece.
- (obsolete) The lens of the eye.
c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Ha' not you seen, Camillo? / (But that's past doubt; you have, or your eye-glass / Is thicker than a cuckold's horn)
- attributive form of eyeglasses
- an eyeglass repair kit
Translations
a lens, especially one of a pair
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