Lorgnette Definition

lôrn-yĕt
noun
Eyeglasses attached to a handle.
Webster's New World
Opera glasses similarly mounted.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Lorgnette

Noun

Singular:
lorgnette
Plural:
lorgnettes

Origin of Lorgnette

  • French from lorgner to peer at from Old French from lorgne squinting of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French lorgner (“to take a sidelong look at") (from Middle French lorgne (“crosseyed")) + -ette

    From Wiktionary

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