SPECTACLED

bespectacled, monocled, spectacled

(adjective) wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass; “a bespectacled grandmother”; “the monocled gentleman”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

spectacled (not comparable)

Wearing spectacles.

Having the appearance of wearing spectacles, especially of animals.

Antonyms

• unbespectacled

• unspectacled

Synonyms

• bespectacled, four-eyed (slang)

Source: Wiktionary


Spec"ta*cled, a.

1. Furnished with spectacles; wearing spectacles. As spectacled she sits in chimney nook. Keats.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Having the eyes surrounded by color markings, or patches of naked skin, resembling spectacles. Spectacled bear (Zoöl.), a South American bear (Tremarclos ornatus) which inhabits the high mountains of Chili and Peru. It has a light-colored ring around each eye.

– Spectacled coot, or Spectacled duck (Zoöl.), the surf scoter, or surf duck. [Local, U.S.] -- Spectacled eider (Zoöl.) See Eider.

– Spectacled goose (Zoöl.), the gannet.

– Spectacled snake (Zoöl.), the cobra de capello.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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