Mr. Magoo glasses

noun

Extremely thick eyewear or the thick frames necessary to support them, particularly eyewear with thick black circular frames.

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Meanings

nounMr. Magoo glasses pl (plural only)

alternative Mr Magoo glasses · alternative Mister Magoo glasses

  1. informalpluralplural onlyExtremely thick eyewear or the thick frames necessary to support them, particularly eyewear with thick black circular frames.

Origin

From J. Quincy Magoo, the extremely myopic main character of Mister Magoo and other American TV shows and advertisements in the 1960s.

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Mr. Magoo glasses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mr.%20Magoo%20glasses

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