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monocle

mo·nocle

UK/ˈmɑnəkəl/ US/ˈmɑnʌkʌl/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles

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Origin

1886, borrowed from French monocle, from Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”).

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