monocled
Wearing one eyepiece
Monocled means wearing or characterized by a monocle—a single corrective lens held in the eye socket.
The word evokes old-fashioned aristocratic affectation: a monocled gentleman, a monocled villain in a silent film.
It appears in species names like the monocled cobra, which has a circular marking resembling an eyeglass.
Light-focusing curved glass
- spectaclesCorrective eyewear worn daily
- lorgnetteSpectacles with side grip
- pince-nezArmless eyeglasses clipped on
- eyepieceLens you look through
optical · corrective · glass · rim · chain · cord · fitted · prescription
Courteous, honorable man
viscount · duke · countess · colonel · tycoon · magnate · dandy · industrialist
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
bygone · nineteenth-century · classic · retro · nostalgic · historical · quaint · traditional
Wicked story antagonist
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- sneerScornful expression
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- affectationArtificial behavior for effect
pretentious · snobbish · supercilious · aloof · condescending · imperious · disdainful · cartoon
lens
Light-focusing curved glass
- spectaclesCorrective eyewear worn daily
- lorgnetteSpectacles with side grip
- pince-nezArmless eyeglasses clipped on
eyepiece · optical · corrective · glass · rim · chain · cord · fitted · prescription · single-lens
gentleman
Courteous, honorable man
baron · viscount · duke · countess · colonel · tycoon · magnate · dandy · industrialist · plutocrat
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- antiquatedOld and outdated
old-fashioned · bygone · nineteenth-century · classic · retro · nostalgic · historical · quaint · traditional · drawing-room
villain
Wicked story antagonist
affectation · pretentious · snobbish · supercilious · aloof · condescending · imperious · disdainful · cartoon · stereotype
monocledbespectacled
Wearing corrective lenses
spectacled · four-eyed · unadorned · goggled · lensless
monocledunadorned
Lacking decoration or ornament
undecorated · plain · unpretentious · unaffected · unornamented