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four-eyes

four-eyes
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fawr-ahyz, fohr-]
    • /fɔr, foʊr aɪ/
    • /fɔː(r) aɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fawr-ahyz, fohr-]
    • /fɔr, foʊr aɪ/

Definitions of four-eyes word

  • noun plural four-eyes Slang: Usually Disparaging. a person who wears eyeglasses (sometimes used facetiously). 1
  • noun plural four-eyes four-eyed fish. 1
  • noun four-eyes a disparaging term of address for a person wearing spectacles 0
  • noun four-eyes a person wearing eyeglasses 0

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Origin of four-eyes

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Four-eyes

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

four-eyes popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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