Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - monocle
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(monocles) A monocle is a glass lens which people wore in former times in front of one of their eyes to improve their ability to see with that eye. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: French, from Late Latin monoculus having one eye, from Latin mon- + oculus eye — more at eye Date: circa 1858 an eyeglass for one eye • ~d adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. a single eyeglass. Derivatives monocled adj. Etymology: F, orig. adj. f. LL monoculus one-eyed (as MONO-, oculus eye) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(The Monocle) "Монокль" Ресторан американской кухни в г. Вашингтоне. В обеденное время посещается конгрессменами и служащими государственных учреждений. Открыт в 1960. Тж. Monocle on Capitol Hill Restaurant ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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- 1886, from Fr. monocle, from L.L. monoculus "one-eyed," from Gk. monos "single, alone" + L. oculus "eye." "That this, a hybrid, a Gallicism, and a word with no obvious meaning to the Englishman who hears it for the first time, should have ousted the entirely satisfactory eyeglass is a melancholy illustration of the popular taste in language." [Fowler] ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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