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lorgnettes

lorgnettes is the plural of lorgnette.

Meaning of lorgnette

Noun

lorgnette (plural lorgnettes)

  1. An opera glass with a handle.
    • In the valley, near the Acropolis, […] Athens itself could be vaguely made out with an ordinary lorgnette.1869, Mark Twain, chapter XXXII, in The Innocents Abroad, page 340
    Synonyms:
    lorgnon
  2. Elaborate double eyeglasses.

Questions about lorgnettes

What is lorgnettes the plural of?
Lorgnettes is the plural of lorgnette.

Words near lorgnettes in the dictionary

  1. Loreys
  2. Lorge
  3. Lorges
  4. lorglumide
  5. lorgnette
  6. lorgnettes
  7. lorgnon
  8. lorgnons
  9. lorh
  10. Lori
  11. Loria

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