lorgnon
English
editEtymology
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editlorgnon (plural lorgnons)
Dutch
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editNoun
editlorgnon m (plural lorgnons)
- (historical) monocle
- 1860, Mark Prager Lindo (as "de oude heer Smits"), "Uittreksels uit het dagboek van wijlen Janus Snor", in De Nederlandsche Spectator, 286.
- Zij had schitterende zwarte oogen en haar, dat zwart en gepolijst was als ebbenhout, — en hare kleine blanke handjes waren met kostbare ringen bedekt, — — en — en — ik was zóó getroffen, dat ik mijn lorgnon dadelijk uit het oog liet vallen, (...)
- She had beauteous black eyes and hair that was black and polished like ebony, — and her small pale hands were covered with precious rings, — — and — and — I was awe-struck to such a degree, that I let my monocle fall out of my eye at that same moment, (...)
- 1860, Mark Prager Lindo (as "de oude heer Smits"), "Uittreksels uit het dagboek van wijlen Janus Snor", in De Nederlandsche Spectator, 286.
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editFrench
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editNoun
editlorgnon m (plural lorgnons)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “lorgnon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from French lorgnon.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlorgnon m inan (indeclinable)
- lorgnette (opera glass with a handle)
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