Bespectacled

//bɪˈspɛktəkəld// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass wordnet

Example

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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