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A lorgnette.

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Borrowed from French lorgnette, from lorgner (to take a sidelong look at) (from Middle French lorgne (crosseyed)).

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lorgnette (plural lorgnettes)

  1. An opera glass with a handle.
    Synonym: (archaic) lorgnon
    • 1869, Mark Twain, chapter XXXII, in The Innocents Abroad, page 340:
      In the valley, near the Acropolis, [] Athens itself could be vaguely made out with an ordinary lorgnette.
  2. Elaborate double eyeglasses.

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French

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Etymology

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From lorgner (to take a sidelong look at) +‎ -ette, analogous to lunette.

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lorgnette f (plural lorgnettes)

  1. lorgnette
    • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis[1]:
      Au théâtre, nous occuperions une loge. En me penchant, je pourrais toucher le rideau. De toute la salle, on nous observerait, avec des lorgnettes.
      At the theatre, we would have a box. If I leant over, I would be able to touch the curtain. The whole auditorium would watch us through lorgnettes.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French lorgnette, lorgner (to take a sidelong look at) (from Middle French lorgne (crosseyed)).

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lorgnette

  1. lorgnette

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