Meanings
plural lorgnettes
- An opera glass with a handle.
In the valley, near the Acropolis, […] Athens itself could be vaguely made out with an ordinary lorgnette.
1869, Mark Twain, chapter XXXII, in The Innocents Abroad, page 340Synonyms: lorgnon
- Elaborate double eyeglasses.
present singular third person lorgnettes · participle present lorgnetting · participle past lorgnetted · past lorgnetted
- transitiveTo examine through a lorgnette.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn opera glass with a handle.
Origin
- Middle Frenchlorgne“crosseyed”
- Frenchlorgnette
- Englishlorgnette
Borrowed from French lorgnette, from lorgner (“to take a sidelong look at”) (from Middle French lorgne (“crosseyed”)).
More words from French, Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian лорнет
- лорнет (lornet)opera glass with a handle
Catalan impertinents
- impertinentsopera glass with a handle
Dutch toneelkijker, binocle
- toneelkijkeropera glass with a handle
- binocleopera glass with a handle
- lorgnetopera glass with a handle
Estonian lornjett
- lornjettopera glass with a handle
Finnish lornetti
- lornettiopera glass with a handle
French binocle, lorgnette
- binocleopera glass with a handle
- lorgnetteopera glass with a handle
- lorgnonopera glass with a handle
German Lorgnon, Lorgnette
- Lorgnonopera glass with a handle
- Lorgnetteopera glass with a handle
Greek κιάλι
- κιάλι (kiáli)opera glass with a handle
Hungarian lornyon, lornyett
- lornyonopera glass with a handle
- lornyettopera glass with a handle
Italian fassamano, occhialetto
- fassamanoopera glass with a handle
- occhialettoopera glass with a handle
- occhialinoopera glass with a handle
Polish lorgnon, lornion
- lorgnonopera glass with a handle
- lornionopera glass with a handle
Russian лорне́т
- лорне́т (lornét)opera glass with a handle
Swedish lornjett
- lornjettopera glass with a handle
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lorgnette
Cite this entry
lorgnette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lorgnette
“lorgnette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lorgnette. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lorgnette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lorgnette.
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