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eye-glassed en · ADJ

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1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of eyeglassed.
   alt of eyeglassed
   • In many of his nostalgic reminiscences, laced by descriptions of a mother who couldn’t cook and who seemed focused elsewhere than upon her family and of a father whose ideas of fun vacations included penny-pinching excursions to obscure places, [Bill] Bryson strikes us as very much like eye-glassed and bunny-suited Ralphie, the narrator of the popular A Christmas Story movie. 2008 March 17, Larry McGehee, “Past better today than back then”, in The Times and Democrat, volume 127, number 77, Orangeburg, S.C., page B4, column 2:
   • Those ineffable poodle puppies, the philosophical Radicals, as the lisping, eye-glassed coxcombs call themselves, will vote with the Ministers. 1839 May 5, The Chartist, volume I, number 14, London, page 2, column 2:
   • Political wisdom has long held that voters don’t like beards on male (and certainly not on female) politicians. But eyewear has been less discussed and debated among image-makers. Yet the dearth of eye-glassed prime ministers suggest it is a point that politicians might want to consider. 2008 February 23, Glen McGregor, “Canadian voters don’t give passes to politicians who always wear glasses”, in Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ont., page A5, column 2: