monocledadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒnəkld/, U.S.

/ˈmɑnək(ə)ld/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monocle n., -ed suffix².

Etymology: < monocle n. + -ed suffix². Compare French monoclée (1902). Compare later monocle v.

Wearing a monocle.

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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [adjective] > wearing spectacles > wearing monocle

monocular1879

monocled1926

1886 Cent. Mag. Dec. 209/1 Miss Raynham was talking to the monocled young man, who was replying in discreet monosyllables.

1918 G. Frankau One of Them in Poet. Wks. (1923) II. xix. 123 Silk-socked; bright monocled; gallant.

1926 L. P. Greene Major—Diamond Buyer 18 The monocled one coughed deprecatingly.

1965 Listener 30 Dec. 1063/1 Colonel Creighton, monocled, and seated bolt upright in his rickshaw as though it were a Daimler.

1990 Sphere (Sabena Airlines) July 6/2 You may catch..some monocled marketeer pontificating to a wide-eyed member of the public who had the nerve to ask the price of some ‘pretty, little thing’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monocled
释义	monocledadj. Brit. /ˈmɒnəkld/, U.S. /ˈmɑnək(ə)ld/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monocle n., -ed suffix². Etymology: < monocle n. + -ed suffix². Compare French monoclée (1902). Compare later monocle v. Wearing a monocle. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [adjective] > wearing spectacles > wearing monocle monocular1879 monocled1926 1886 Cent. Mag. Dec. 209/1 Miss Raynham was talking to the monocled young man, who was replying in discreet monosyllables. 1918 G. Frankau One of Them in Poet. Wks. (1923) II. xix. 123 Silk-socked; bright monocled; gallant. 1926 L. P. Greene Major—Diamond Buyer 18 The monocled one coughed deprecatingly. 1965 Listener 30 Dec. 1063/1 Colonel Creighton, monocled, and seated bolt upright in his rickshaw as though it were a Daimler. 1990 Sphere (Sabena Airlines) July 6/2 You may catch..some monocled marketeer pontificating to a wide-eyed member of the public who had the nerve to ask the price of some ‘pretty, little thing’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1886
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