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monocle

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mon·o·cle  (mn-kl)
n.
An eyeglass for one eye.

[French, from Late Latin monoculus, having one eye : Greek mono-, mono- + Latin oculus, eye; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]

mono·cled (-kld) adj.

monocle [ˈmɒnəkəl]
n
(Medicine) a lens for correcting defective vision of one eye, held in position by the facial muscles
[from French, from Late Latin monoculus one-eyed, from mono- + oculus eye]
monocled  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.monoclemonocle - lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
lens, lens system, lense - a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
Translations
monocle [ˈmɒnəkl] Nmonóculo m

monocle [ˈmɒnəkəl] nmonocle m

monocle
nMonokel nt

monocle [ˈmɒnəkl] nmonocolo
monocle [ˈmɒnəkl] nmonocolo

monocle
n monocle [ˈmonəkl]
a lens or eyeglass for one eye only. oogglas مونوكْل: نَظّارَه بِعَيْنٍ واحِدَه монокъл monokl monokel das Monokel μονόκλ, μονογυάλι monóculo monokkel عینک یک چشمی monokkeli monocle מוֹנוֹקְל उपनेत्र monokl monokli kacamata sebelah einglyrni monocolo 片めがね (눈의 옴폭한 부분에 고정시켜 사용하는) 단안경(單眼鏡) monoklis monoklis cermin mata satu kanta monocle monokkel monokl monóculo monoclu монокль monokel monokel monokl monokel แว่นข้างเดียว tekgözlük, monokl 單片眼鏡 монокль ایک تال کی عینک kính một mắt


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Then he looked at the three through his monocle and said:
Beauchamp, one of the kings of the press, and therefore claiming the right of a throne everywhere, was eying everybody through his monocle.
 
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