bespectacled
/bi'spektəkld/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Wearing eyeglasses: Describing a person whose face is adorned with or who is wearing eyeglasses.
Usage
- The adjective bespectacled is used attributively, typically placed directly before the noun it modifies to describe a person. It is a formal or literary term.
- It describes the state of wearing glasses, often implying this is a habitual or noticeable characteristic.
Examples
Advanced Usage
- "The bespectacled": Can be used as a nominal adjective to refer to a group of people who wear glasses.
- The advertisement was aimed at the bespectacled.
Variants and Related Words
- Spectacled (adj): An older, less common synonym for bespectacled.
- The spectacled bear is named for the markings around its eyes.
- Bespectacle (verb, archaic): To furnish with spectacles. (Extremely rare)
Synonyms
- Wearing glasses
- With glasses on
- Spectacled (literary)
Antonyms
- Unbespectacled (rare, non-standard)
Adjective
- wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass
- a bespectacled grandmother
- the monocled gentleman