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‖ pince-nez|pɛ̃sne|
Also pincenez.
[F. pince-nez, lit. pinch-nose, nip-nose.]
A pair of eyeglasses kept in position by a spring which clips the nose. Also attrib.
1876Geo. Eliot Let. 3 Feb. (1956) VI. 220 Our young Charles..was slightly short-sighted and used only occasionally a pince-nez. 1880Sat. Rev. 21 Aug. 235 It is amusing to meet a person whom one has been accustomed to see in regular spectacles wearing a pince-nez for the first time. 1888J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge vii, The lady, putting up her pince-nez, with a show of interest. 1894H. Drummond Ascent of Man 132 Man, when he sees with difficulty, does not now improve his Eye; he puts on a pince-nez. 1904Joyce Let. 28 Dec. (1966) II. 75, I shall go to an oculist..to get pincenez glasses. 1927F. B. Young Portrait of Clare 26 She brushed the dust from her skirt..her grey eyes swimming behind the lenses of her pincenez. 1941Punch 13 Aug. 148/2 There was a frail creature in pince-nez at the other end of the table. 1974Oxf. Jun. Encycl. (rev. ed.) XI. 422/2 The portrait of Cardinal Ugone in the church of San Nicolo at Treviso shows spectacles in which the two lenses are held together by a joint or hinge which fitted on the nose (an early form of pince-nez).
Hence pince-nezed, -nez'd [-ed2] a., wearing a pince-nez.
1919J. C. Snaith Love Lane xi. 51 An important, pince-nezed gentleman. 1922W. J. Locke Tale of Triona xv. 170 Mrs. Rowington, thin, angular, pince-nez'd. 1958B. Hamilton Too Much of Water i. 18 A spare pince-nez'd man with sandy-red hair. 1976J. Crosby Snake (1977) xxxviii. 232 The doctor was a precise, pince-nezed Spaniard. |