monocularadj.n.

Brit.

/mɒˈnɒkjᵿlə/,

/məˈnɒkjᵿlə/, U.S.

/məˈnɑkjələr/

Forms: 1600s– monocular, 1800s mono-ocular (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin monoculus , -ar suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin monoculus (see monoculus n. and adj.) + -ar suffix¹. Compare earlier monoculate adj., and also binocular adj., multocular adj.In form mono-ocular remodelled after mono- comb. form and ocular adj.

A. adj.

1. Having only one eye, or the use of only one eye. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > having > specific number

one-eyedOE

monoculusc1450

Polyphemian1602

monoculate1618

monocular1640

unocular1653

monoculous1656

Polyphemous1695

monoptical1821

Polyphemic1837

triocular1844

monophthalmic1857

monops1857

two-eyed1864

thousand-eyed1871

1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 86 Who going to cut downe an ancient white Hauthorne-Tree,..had some of the prickles flew into his eye, and made him Monocular.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 82 I could never find any Animal that was monocular.

1696 E. Lhuyd Let. 14 Sept. in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1712) 27 464 He had..catch'd Monocular Trouts.

1768 Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 207 Monocular fish, which are said by Giraldus Cambrensis to be found in the lakes of Snowden.

1844 M. F. Tupper Heart iv Men..being neither naturally monocular nor triocular.

1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 May 995 A small monocular fœtus.

1974 Good Motoring July–Aug. 38/3 British eyesight regulations [for drivers] can be met by a monocular person.

1997 Art Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 22 Sept. If all traces of humanity were destroyed except for a computer shop, visiting Martian archaeologists would probably determine that humans were monocular.

2. Of, relating to, or affecting one eye only; adapted to the use of, or employing, one eye. Also figurative.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > one

monocular1853

uniocular1890

1853 Notes & Queries 8 Oct. 349/1 As all camera pictures are monocular, they are best seen by closing one eye.

1874 W. H. Van Buren & E. L. Keyes Pract. Treat. Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs 87 These varieties of ophthalmia..are rarely mono-ocular.

1878 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 274/1 By the insertion of a suitably constructed binocular eye-piece into the body of any ordinary monocular microscope.

1902 19th Cent. Apr. 605 It is still more rare for it [sc. colour-blindness] to be monocular.

1923 Public Opinion 8 June 542/3 The bane of cancer research has been its monocular myopia.

1973 Nature 26 Jan. 288/2 The technique of monocular occlusion has long been used by ophthalmologists.

1986 Brit. Jrnl. Aesthetics Autumn 331 The reduction of all artistic phenomena by a monocular philosophical vision.

3. Wearing a monocle; consisting of a monocle. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [adjective] > wearing spectacles > wearing monocle

monocular1879

monocled1926

1879 H. James Confidence II. xxv. 101 This gentleman turned and exhibited the ambrosial beard, the symmetrical shape, the monocular appendage, of Captain Lovelock.

1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman p. xxiii These college passmen, these well groomed monocular Algys and Bobbies.

1992 Raritan Summer 150 [Those] well groomed monocular Algys and Bobbies, these cricketers to whom age brings gold instead of wisdom.

B. n.

†1. A one-eyed person. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > person having one

monoculus1597

monoculist1622

monoculite1718

monops1743

monocule1832

monocular1885

1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. x. 94 She..returned with the three monoculars.

2. A monocle; a small telescope constructed like one half of a pair of binoculars; a monocular microscope.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > monocular instrument

monocular1910

1910 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. VII. 200 The moony monocular set in his eye Appeared to be scanning the Sweet Bye-and-Bye.

1936 Brit. Birds 30 39 It was only when I turned my monocular on the bird in the water that I realized it was a Red-legged Partridge.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 385/2 The modern microscope usually has interchangeable bodies, making it possible to use the same stand with monocular or binocular.

1971 D. Whillans in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face v. 58 There was a monocular in the tent which I focused on the dark, moving shape.

1996 O. Sacks Island of Colour-blind i. 48 He took out his monocular to show Entis—the monocular which is almost like a third eye for him and always hangs round his neck.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monocular
释义	monocularadj.n. Brit. /mɒˈnɒkjᵿlə/, /məˈnɒkjᵿlə/, U.S. /məˈnɑkjələr/ Forms: 1600s– monocular, 1800s mono-ocular (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin monoculus , -ar suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin monoculus (see monoculus n. and adj.) + -ar suffix¹. Compare earlier monoculate adj., and also binocular adj., multocular adj.In form mono-ocular remodelled after mono- comb. form and ocular adj. A. adj. 1. Having only one eye, or the use of only one eye. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > having > specific number one-eyedOE monoculusc1450 Polyphemian1602 monoculate1618 monocular1640 unocular1653 monoculous1656 Polyphemous1695 monoptical1821 Polyphemic1837 triocular1844 monophthalmic1857 monops1857 two-eyed1864 thousand-eyed1871 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 86 Who going to cut downe an ancient white Hauthorne-Tree,..had some of the prickles flew into his eye, and made him Monocular. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 82 I could never find any Animal that was monocular. 1696 E. Lhuyd Let. 14 Sept. in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1712) 27 464 He had..catch'd Monocular Trouts. 1768 Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 207 Monocular fish, which are said by Giraldus Cambrensis to be found in the lakes of Snowden. 1844 M. F. Tupper Heart iv Men..being neither naturally monocular nor triocular. 1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 May 995 A small monocular fœtus. 1974 Good Motoring July–Aug. 38/3 British eyesight regulations [for drivers] can be met by a monocular person. 1997 Art Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 22 Sept. If all traces of humanity were destroyed except for a computer shop, visiting Martian archaeologists would probably determine that humans were monocular. 2. Of, relating to, or affecting one eye only; adapted to the use of, or employing, one eye. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > one monocular1853 uniocular1890 1853 Notes & Queries 8 Oct. 349/1 As all camera pictures are monocular, they are best seen by closing one eye. 1874 W. H. Van Buren & E. L. Keyes Pract. Treat. Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs 87 These varieties of ophthalmia..are rarely mono-ocular. 1878 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 274/1 By the insertion of a suitably constructed binocular eye-piece into the body of any ordinary monocular microscope. 1902 19th Cent. Apr. 605 It is still more rare for it [sc. colour-blindness] to be monocular. 1923 Public Opinion 8 June 542/3 The bane of cancer research has been its monocular myopia. 1973 Nature 26 Jan. 288/2 The technique of monocular occlusion has long been used by ophthalmologists. 1986 Brit. Jrnl. Aesthetics Autumn 331 The reduction of all artistic phenomena by a monocular philosophical vision. 3. Wearing a monocle; consisting of a monocle. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [adjective] > wearing spectacles > wearing monocle monocular1879 monocled1926 1879 H. James Confidence II. xxv. 101 This gentleman turned and exhibited the ambrosial beard, the symmetrical shape, the monocular appendage, of Captain Lovelock. 1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman p. xxiii These college passmen, these well groomed monocular Algys and Bobbies. 1992 Raritan Summer 150 [Those] well groomed monocular Algys and Bobbies, these cricketers to whom age brings gold instead of wisdom. B. n. †1. A one-eyed person. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > person having one monoculus1597 monoculist1622 monoculite1718 monops1743 monocule1832 monocular1885 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. x. 94 She..returned with the three monoculars. 2. A monocle; a small telescope constructed like one half of a pair of binoculars; a monocular microscope. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > monocular instrument monocular1910 1910 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. VII. 200 The moony monocular set in his eye Appeared to be scanning the Sweet Bye-and-Bye. 1936 Brit. Birds 30 39 It was only when I turned my monocular on the bird in the water that I realized it was a Red-legged Partridge. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 385/2 The modern microscope usually has interchangeable bodies, making it possible to use the same stand with monocular or binocular. 1971 D. Whillans in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face v. 58 There was a monocular in the tent which I focused on the dark, moving shape. 1996 O. Sacks Island of Colour-blind i. 48 He took out his monocular to show Entis—the monocular which is almost like a third eye for him and always hangs round his neck. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1640
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