eyeglasses

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.ɡlæsɪz/
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Etymology 1

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Woman wearing eyeglasses

From eye +‎ glasses.

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Noun

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eyeglasses pl (plural only)

  1. (US) Spectacles, glasses.
    • 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      Digging deeper, the invention of eyeglasses is an elaboration of the more fundamental development of optics technology. The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, [].
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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eyeglasses

  1. Plural of eyeglass.

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