Definition of pince-nez in English:
pince-nez
noun pãsˈneɪpæ̃sˈneɪ
treated as singular or plural A pair of eyeglasses with a nose clip instead of earpieces.
- Kipling had hoped that pince-nez would get him through, but only the imperial poet's influence got his son a commission.
- Later she would learn the joys of a good read, but the Essex accent and hairdo still single her out from the pince-nez and halitosis crowd that used to dominate publishing.
- People were wearing, not just pince-nez, but monocles.
- The latter's 1919 portrait of Koch, in a late expressionistic manner, shows the sitter in his role as writer or poet, complete with pince-nez, stiff collar and dark suit.
- A forceful orator and an advocate of the strenuous life, Roosevelt with his bushy mustache, pince-nez, and wide, toothy grin was a caricaturist's delight.
- Most designers featured in the exhibition have chosen to play with the image of their master himself, with his long trunk and short legs, the characteristic derby hat and pince-nez glasses.
- Major Baring took off his gold pince-nez and looked at me.
- Carol squinted at the source of the voice, but could only see a pair of pince-nez glasses.
- He lowered the pince-nez which attached itself precariously to the end of his flattened nose.
- For her part, Eliss found Ciaran dusty and hidebound, carrying as he did a clipboard, a stylus and a pair of pince-nez on a steel chain.
- She adjusts the pince-nez on her nose and sighs.
- Large blue eyes are watching me from behind a pair of pince-nez.
- The singularity of his appearance was further emphasized by a pince-nez held in place by two black cords tied at the back of his head.
- Incorporated into its elaborate frame are two miniature pairs of binoculars, a pince-nez and a bulbous, Cyclopean glass eye.
- It's the brunette with the pince-nez from earlier on.
- I see Kestrel's body fly backwards, her face stunned and confused, the pince-nez flying off and upwards.
- Gideon is slender, rather unpleasant looking man, with light brown hair, wearing a light red suit and a golden pince-nez.
- The woman looks barely older than a sixth-former, with her hair styled sharply over to one side and a pair of pince-nez perched on her nose.
- Under a brow of average height, two grey-blue eyes looked out at me, behind glittering pince-nez, with an air of peaceful interrogation.
- Her dark hair was tied tightly back in a pony-tail and she met my gaze through entirely cosmetic pince-nez.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French, literally '(that) pinches (the) nose'.
Rhymes
affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea
Definition of pince-nez in US English:
pince-nez
nounpæ̃sˈneɪpaNsˈnā
treated as singular or plural A pair of eyeglasses with a nose clip instead of earpieces.
- Under a brow of average height, two grey-blue eyes looked out at me, behind glittering pince-nez, with an air of peaceful interrogation.
- The woman looks barely older than a sixth-former, with her hair styled sharply over to one side and a pair of pince-nez perched on her nose.
- Large blue eyes are watching me from behind a pair of pince-nez.
- People were wearing, not just pince-nez, but monocles.
- He lowered the pince-nez which attached itself precariously to the end of his flattened nose.
- It's the brunette with the pince-nez from earlier on.
- For her part, Eliss found Ciaran dusty and hidebound, carrying as he did a clipboard, a stylus and a pair of pince-nez on a steel chain.
- Carol squinted at the source of the voice, but could only see a pair of pince-nez glasses.
- Later she would learn the joys of a good read, but the Essex accent and hairdo still single her out from the pince-nez and halitosis crowd that used to dominate publishing.
- Kipling had hoped that pince-nez would get him through, but only the imperial poet's influence got his son a commission.
- A forceful orator and an advocate of the strenuous life, Roosevelt with his bushy mustache, pince-nez, and wide, toothy grin was a caricaturist's delight.
- I see Kestrel's body fly backwards, her face stunned and confused, the pince-nez flying off and upwards.
- Gideon is slender, rather unpleasant looking man, with light brown hair, wearing a light red suit and a golden pince-nez.
- Most designers featured in the exhibition have chosen to play with the image of their master himself, with his long trunk and short legs, the characteristic derby hat and pince-nez glasses.
- Major Baring took off his gold pince-nez and looked at me.
- Incorporated into its elaborate frame are two miniature pairs of binoculars, a pince-nez and a bulbous, Cyclopean glass eye.
- The singularity of his appearance was further emphasized by a pince-nez held in place by two black cords tied at the back of his head.
- She adjusts the pince-nez on her nose and sighs.
- Her dark hair was tied tightly back in a pony-tail and she met my gaze through entirely cosmetic pince-nez.
- The latter's 1919 portrait of Koch, in a late expressionistic manner, shows the sitter in his role as writer or poet, complete with pince-nez, stiff collar and dark suit.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French, literally ‘(that) pinches (the) nose’.