Beglassed
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of bespectacled. not-comparable
"If the child of five needs glasses to prevent injury to the eyes and to the health, the chances are that at a later age the double injury will not be avoided except by glasses. All the nonsense about “bespectacled children” and a “beglassed nation” must be contemptuously put down. If the facts are as stated, pride and prejudice must have no voice in the matter."
- 2 Covered with glass, such as a building with a façade comprised primarily of windows. not-comparable
"From then until the time for closing a constant stream of delighted visitors marched through the great beglassed structures."
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More examples"If the child of five needs glasses to prevent injury to the eyes and to the health, the chances are that at a later age the double injury will not be avoided except by glasses. All the nonsense about “bespectacled children” and a “beglassed nation” must be contemptuously put down. If the facts are as stated, pride and prejudice must have no voice in the matter."
Etymology
From be- + glass + -ed.
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