Recent Examples on the WebRather, the mature audience member sports two monocles fused together, with little hooks behind the ears.—Sarah Garfinkel, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2024 The Penguin, for instance, is a woman (Minnie Driver), whose purple top hat and tails and monocle are more for her cabaret act than a disguise.—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024 What was up with the monocle that Warby Parker sold?—Alena Botros, Fortune, 27 June 2024 After graduating, Medhurst began her blog, Dressing Dykes, which chronicles everything from carabiners to the monocle as a symbol of lesbianism in the 1920s.—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for monocle
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Word History
Etymology
French, from Late Latin monoculus having one eye, from Latin mon- + oculus eye — more at eye
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