Word of the Day:
lorgnette
What It Means
An opera glass with a handle.
Elaborate double eyeglasses.
Lorgnette in Context
“In the valley, near the Acropolis, […] Athens itself could be vaguely made out with an ordinary lorgnette.”
Did You Know?
Borrowed from French lorgnette, from lorgner (“to take a sidelong look at”) (from Middle French lorgne (“crosseyed”)).
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