eyeglasses

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eyeglasses^¹

/ˈaɪ.ɡlæsɪz/ US

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From eye + glasses.

noun eyeglass · eye-glasses

US, plural, plural only Spectacles, glasses. Digging deeper, the invention of eyeglasses is an elaboration of the more fundamental development of optics technology. The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…].

eyeglasses^²

/ˈaɪ.ɡlæsɪz/ US

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plural Plural of eyeglass

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@misc{eyeglasses_2026,
  title = {eyeglasses},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eyeglasses},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}