rimless
2
3.6
- adjective
- /ˈrɪmləs/
:
sin montura
- She chose a pair of stylish rimless glasses that perfectly complemented her face.
- rimless glasses
- rimless spectacles
Examples
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The teacher adjusted his rimless glasses as he prepared to start the lesson.
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Finally, she saw a tall, very thin woman with lavender hair and rimless glasses coming down the stairs.
Fiction book (1996) -
I bet it's that sophomore with the rimless glasses.
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His eyes glinted back at her from behind his rimless glasses.
Fiction book (1995) -
If you're taking rimless glasses or glasses that just have a fine metal frame, then the effect is not as strong.
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"The Graham snuff," Kimball said, putting on a pair of rimless reading glasses.
Fiction book (1992) -
His rimless glasses pinched twin purple spots into his nose.
Fiction book (1991) -
The next passenger is a long-haired kid wearing rimless glasses and lugging a big backpack.
Fiction book (1992) -
Oldfield took off his fragile rimless glasses, rubbed them with a handkerchief, and put them back on.
Fiction book (1990) -
Steel gray hair, pink complexion, rimless glasses, benign expression, trim body, looking his age, which was fifty-two.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
1
4.4
Without a border around it
Antonyms
How Rimmed
2
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rimless is made of rim, which means 'edge', and the ending -less, which means 'without'. So something rimless is 'without an edge or frame', like rimless glasses that feel light and make the lenses look like they float.