noun
- a pair of eyeglasses or opera glasses with a handle
Usage: formal; dated
Examples
- The elegant woman raised her lorgnette to examine the painting more closely.
- At the opera, she used her mother’s antique lorgnette to see the stage better.
- The Victorian lady peered through her lorgnette with a disapproving expression.
- He found an ornate silver lorgnette at the antique shop.
- She held the lorgnette delicately by its long handle.
- The lorgnette was decorated with intricate engravings around the lenses.