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单词 monops
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monopsn.adj.

Brit. /ˈmɒnɒps/, U.S. /ˈmɑnɑps/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μονώψ.
Etymology: < ancient Greek μονώψ one-eyed < μονο- mono- comb. form + -ωψ -ops comb. form). Compare earlier monopous adj.
rare.
A. n.
A one-eyed individual.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > person having one
monoculus1597
monoculist1622
monoculite1718
monops1743
monocule1832
monocular1885
1743 tr. N. Andry Orthopædia II. iv. 89 There are some People who have one Eye so small that one would almost say they have only one, whence the Name of Myopia is given to this Deformity, as the Person who has it is called a Monops.
1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North II. 138 A few years ago.., in a mine in Cornwall, after a descent of about one-third the bored earth's diameter, we were saluted by name by a grim Monops who had not seen the upper regions for years.
1858 R. J. MacGeorge Tales, Sketches & Lyrics 191 Ardlaw rushed from the unlucky messuage with only one eye... Thus mutilated, mother Church..would have nothing to say to the monops.
1875 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career xlv, in Fortn. Rev. 18 593 He would have been a Nelson of politics, if he had been a monops, with an excuse for not seeing.
1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. Med. Dict. 396/1 Monops, a fetus having but a single eye.
B. adj.
That has only one eye; one-eyed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > having > specific number
one-eyedOE
monoculusc1450
Polyphemian1602
monoculate1618
monocular1640
unocular1653
monoculous1656
Polyphemous1695
monoptical1821
Polyphemic1837
triocular1844
monophthalmic1857
monops1857
two-eyed1864
thousand-eyed1871
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Monops, having but one eye: one-eyed.
1993 J. Peck Argura 62 Monops, monoglot, monosandalos—plenitude in a point.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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