- eyeglasses attached to a handle
- opera glasses similarly mounted
Origin of lorgnette
French from lorgner, to spy, peep from Old French lorgne, squintinglorgnette
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lorgnette
noun
A pair of eyeglasses or opera glasses with a short handle.
Origin of lorgnette
French from lorgner to peer at from Old French from lorgne squinting of Germanic origin
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Origin
French lorgner (“to take a sidelong look at") (from Middle French lorgne (“crosseyed")) + -ette
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