pince-neznoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpæːnsˈneɪ/us/ˌpæːnsˈneɪ/plural pince-nez(especially in the past) glasses held on a person's nose by a spring rather than by pieces that fit around the ears:
He wore (a pair of) pince-nez.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- (as) blind as a bat idiom
- 20/20 vision
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- Balint's syndrome
- blepharospasm
- blind side
- blindly
- cataract
- ciliary
- cross-eyed
- dispensing optician
- horn-rimmed
- lorgnette
- nearsighted
- optometrist
- safety glasses
- sightless
- spectacle
- twenty-twenty vision
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