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lorgnon

[ French lawr-nyawn ]

noun

plural lorgnons
  1. an eyeglass or a pair of eyeglasses.


lorgnon

/ ±ôÉ”°ùɲɔ̃ /

noun

  1. a monocle or pair of spectacles
  2. another word for lorgnette
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lorgnon1

1840–50; < French, equivalent to lorgn ( er ) ( lorgnette ) + -on noun suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lorgnon1

C19: from French, from lorgner; see lorgnette
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He did not see her, but the lady facing him put up a tortoiseshell-handled lorgnon and gazed through it and through narrowed eyelids at the new comer.

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Nancy looked across at the broad figure in white sitting on the bench; she had turned round, and seemed to be looking at Nancy through a lorgnon.

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Nancy, paralyzed with astonishment, saw him sit down, saw his plausible back and explanatory gestures, while the woman still looked at her through her long-handled lorgnon.

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Introductions to the Dorrances followed, and then Miss Van Arsdale raised her lorgnon, and treated Dorothy to a prolonged inspection.

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Joanna put up her lorgnon and looked at her daughter.

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