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🪟 Without glass 👀 Not wearing glasses
unglassed

unglassed

7.6
Not wearing glasses
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈɡlæst/
translation icon : sin gafas
  • After years of wearing glasses, she finally appeared unglassed at the reunion.

Examples

  • The portrait showed her unglassed, highlighting her expressive eyes.

  • He walked into the room unglassed, surprising his friends who had never seen him without spectacles.

  • He felt unglassed without his spectacles.

  • Why are you unglassed at the meeting?

  • He walked into the room unglassed, surprising his friends who had never seen him without spectacles.

  • After years of wearing glasses, she finally appeared unglassed at the reunion.

  • The portrait showed her unglassed, highlighting her expressive eyes.

Surface Forms

unglassed positive

Morphology

unglassed = glassed (semi-transparent) = un + glass + ed

Formally 'un-' negates 'glassed', but interpreting 'glassed' as 'wearing eyeglasses' is less regular/productive, so the negated sense is somewhat less predictable for learners.

Etymology

Unglassed is formed from un- 'not' and glassed 'wearing or having glasses', from the common word glasses for eyeglasses. So if a person is unglassed, they are simply without their glasses on.