monocle

Meaning

1. A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
2. (obsolete) A one-eyed animal.

Synonyms

eyeglass

eye-glass

eyeglasses

👓

eyepiece

goggles

🥽

loupe

quizzing-glass

spyglass

window-pane

face mask

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɑnəkəl/

Etymology

1886, borrowed from French monocle, from Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”).