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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| lorgnette |
| SYLLABICATION: | lor·gnette |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  lôrn-y t |
| NOUN: | A pair of eyeglasses or opera glasses with a short handle. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | French, from lorgner, to peer at, from Old French, from lorgne, squinting, of Germanic origin. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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