Bespectacled
//bɪˈspɛktəkəld// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Wearing spectacles (glasses).
"The Commissioner, ascetic-looking, an Oxford graduate, narrow-shouldered and elderly, tired-eyed and bespectacled like the scholar he was, like the scientist he was, shrugged his shoulders."
Adjective
- 1 wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"The bespectacled librarian had a harsh look when I came in to pay my fines."
Etymology
From be- + spectacle + -ed.
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