monocles
One-eyed spectacles
Monocles is the plural of monocle, a single corrective lens worn in one eye socket, held in place by the brow and cheek.
Once a mark of aristocratic refinement, the monocle is now largely a costume piece or visual shorthand for old-money pretension: The villain adjusted his monocle and sneered.
Light-focusing curved glass
- eyepieceLens you look through
- correctiveDesigned to remedy flaws
- visionAbility to see
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
prescription · lorgnette · pince-nez · optical · single-lens · nearsighted · farsighted · fitting
Courteous, honorable man
- dandyFashion-obsessed gentleman
- VictorianOf a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- top hatTall formal headwear
waistcoat · aristocrat · nobleman · butler · valet · manor · estate · peerage
Wicked story antagonist
- cartoonAnimated or humorous illustration
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- Mr. PeanutAnthropomorphic legume advertising figure
silent film · melodrama · sneer · haughty · snobbish · pompous · affectation · pretentious
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- engravedCut into surface
19th century · Gilded Age · craftsmanship · jeweler · case · estate sale · auction · museum
lens
Light-focusing curved glass
- eyepieceLens you look through
- correctiveDesigned to remedy flaws
- visionAbility to see
magnification · prescription · lorgnette · pince-nez · optical · single-lens · nearsighted · farsighted · fitting · chain
gentleman
Courteous, honorable man
top hat · waistcoat · aristocrat · nobleman · butler · valet · manor · estate · peerage · distinguished
villain
Wicked story antagonist
- cartoonAnimated or humorous illustration
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
Mr. Peanut · silent film · melodrama · sneer · haughty · snobbish · pompous · affectation · pretentious · theatrical
antique
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
engraved · 19th century · Gilded Age · craftsmanship · jeweler · case · estate sale · auction · museum · restoration
- Victorianaseances, Dickens, spiritualism, Sherlock Holmes, phrenology
- eye careeye doctor, optometrist, ophthalmologist, eye exam, contacts
- opticslens, mirror, mirrors, prism, prisms
- Dandy culturefops, beaus, gallants, macaronis, popinjays
- Steampunkgears, cogs, brass goggles, airship, dirigible
- Victorian fashionbustles, corsets, crinolines, hoop skirts, petticoats
monoclesbifocals
Dual-strength corrective lenses
spectacles · eyeglasses · glasses · trifocals · binoculars