monocle
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- noun
- /ˈmɒnəkl/
- Archaic
:
monóculo
- She wore a monocle to help see the fine print in the book.
There's like a pumpkin with a monocle in it.
- There's like a pumpkin with a monocle in it.
- And finally, the New York Times is reporting that the monocle The monocle is on the rise as a new fashion accessory worn by hipsters.
- Peanut because it's never sad when someone who wears A monocle dies.
Examples
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A monocle, which he seemed to wear as a badge rather than an optical aid.
Fiction book (2000) -
John Tate, the small man with a monocle, was rushing by in a hurry, looking for passengers.
Fiction book (1990) -
If only I had a monocle.
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Number 8, the major with a monocle.
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I need a very large monocle to fit over my very large frog eyes.
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The monocle isn't gonna help you in this situation.
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Melchior was frowning and slowly polishing his monocle with a paper napkin.
Fiction book (2000) -
The hero of Le Lorgnon (1831) uses a monocle to penetrate the true thoughts of a series of human types in Paris.
Academic text (2000) -
Sure enough, across the yard, in the midst of the low-cal barbecue in progress, monocle reflecting sunlight, cigarette holder stabbing the air, stands the Countess.
Fiction book (1993) -
With an expression of extreme distaste, he affixes a monocle over one eye, returns the canary to its cage, and allows himself to be ushered out.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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6.1
A small lens you hold over one eye to help you see
Surface Forms
Morphology
monocle = mono + cle
The prefix mono- clearly contributes the sense of 'one' or 'single', but the remaining element is not a productive English morpheme, so the full meaning is only partly recoverable.
Etymology
Monocle starts with mono- meaning 'one' and shares the 'eye' part you see in binoculars and ocular, so a monocle is a single round lens for one eye.