Etymology

monocle

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Today it means: A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye. Full definition →

French monocle ← Late Latin monoculus
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  1. Late Latin · derived frommonoculus“one-eyed”
  2. French · borrowed frommonocle
  3. English todaymonocle

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

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