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four-eyed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌaɪd/ (UK)
• /ˈfɔɹˌaɪd/ (US)

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having four eyes.
   • In Hindu scriptures, the four-eyed dogs Śārvara and Śyāma guard the underworld's entrance.
2. (derogatory, not-comparable, slang) Wearing spectacles/eyeglasses.
   • Sofie expressed contempt towards her interlocutor with a withering four-eyed stare.
   • Whin ah left ma trade n went tae college fir A Levels, then oantae Aberdeen University, ah half expected tae see Beggars at the freshers ball, beating tae a pulp some four–eyed, middle–class wanker he imagined wis starin at um. 1993, Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, Times Film School, page 36:

Forms

Relateds

four-eyes

Synonyms

bespectacled · spectacled

Translations (4)

pl w okularach (wearing glasses) · hu négyszemű (wearing glasses) · cmn 四眼 (wearing glasses) · ru четырёхгла́зый (wearing glasses)