bemonocled

See also: be-monocled

English

Alternative forms

• be-monocled

Etymology

From be- +‎ monocle +‎ -ed.

Adjective

bemonocled (not comparable)

1. Synonym of monocled
   • 1896 April 22, “An Inventor Who Got Rich”, in The Journal and Review, volume XXVI, Aiken, S.C., column 1:

     One day in June a foreign tourist, bemonocled and beleggined, made application at the door of my “doby” for shelter from an impending storm which was already darkening the western sky.

   • 1936 August 10, Dewitt Mackezie, “Nervous Balkans Keep Close Watch As Dictatorship Arises in Greece”, in Elmira Star-Gazette, volume 30, number 35, Elmira, N.Y., page one, column 4:

     The bemonocled King of the Hellenes became a popular diner-out in London and other capitals during the dozen years of his exile, while his mother-in-law, the vigorous Queen Marie of Rumania, was trying to get him restored to his throne.

   • 1995 July 27, Jerry Tallmer, “Lulu lives again, with a score to suit”, in The Record, page HF-8:

     Among those so entrapped (not counting the moviegoer) are Dr. Ludwig Schoen (Fritz Korner), a bemonocled stuffed-shirt newspaper publisher who might just remind you of our own Robert McNamara;