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four-eyes en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (derogatory, idiomatic) A person who wears spectacles/eyeglasses.
   • As soon as he saw me he hailed me as “Four eyes,” in reference to my spectacles, and said, “Four eyes is going to treat.” I joined in the laugh and got behind the stove and sat down, thinking to escape notice. 1913, Theodore Roosevelt, “In Cowboy Land”, in An Autobiography, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 136:

Forms

Deriveds

specky four-eyes

Relateds

specky · four-eyed

Translations (44)

fr bésiclarde ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · ro ochelarist ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · cs brejloun ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · es gafudo ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · pl sowa ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · it quattrocchi ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · ro ochelaristă ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · kk төрт көз ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · pl okularnik ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · nl brillemans ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · sv glasögonorm ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · de Vierauge ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · he אַבּוּ אַרְבַּע ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · nl brildrager ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · nl brillenjood ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · it occhialuta ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · ja くそメガネ ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · it occhialuto ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · fi rillipää ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · pt quatro olhos ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · vi bốn mắt ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · ru очка́рик ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · fr bésiclard ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · uz koʻzoynak ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · cmn 四眼 ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · el γυαλάκιας ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · ko 안경쟁이 ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · fr binoclarde ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · ru четырёхглазик ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · no brilleslange ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · es cuatro ojos ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · tr dört göz ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · pl okularnica ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · es gafuda ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · ka სათვალიანი ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · eu betaurrekodun ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · sv glasögonbärare ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · es gafotas ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · hi चश्मिश ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · uz toʻrtkoʻz ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · nl brildraagster ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · gl catro ollos ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · de Brillenschlange ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles) · fr binoclard ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles)