eye-glassed

See also: eyeglassed

English

Adjective

eye-glassed (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of eyeglassed
   • 1839 May 5, The Chartist, volume I, number 14, London, page 2, column 2:

     Those ineffable poodle puppies, the philosophical Radicals, as the lisping, eye-glassed coxcombs call themselves, will vote with the Ministers.

   • 2008 February 23, Glen McGregor, “Canadian voters don’t give passes to politicians who always wear glasses”, in Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ont., page A5, column 2:

     Political wisdom has long held that voters don’t like beards on male (and certainly not on female) politicians. But eyewear has been less discussed and debated among image-makers. Yet the dearth of eye-glassed prime ministers suggest it is a point that politicians might want to consider.

   • 2008 March 17, Larry McGehee, “Past better today than back then”, in The Times and Democrat, volume 127, number 77, Orangeburg, S.C., page B4, column 2:

     In many of his nostalgic reminiscences, laced by descriptions of a mother who couldn’t cook and who seemed focused elsewhere than upon her family and of a father whose ideas of fun vacations included penny-pinching excursions to obscure places, [Bill] Bryson strikes us as very much like eye-glassed and bunny-suited Ralphie, the narrator of the popular A Christmas Story movie.