eyeglasses en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈaɪ.ɡlæsɪz/ (US)
Etymology
From eye + glasses.
Meanings
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(US, plural, plural-only) Spectacles, glasses.
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,[…].
2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| eyeglass | attributive | lexicographic | |
| eye-glasses | alternative | lexicographic |