Definition, Betydelse & Synonymer | Engelska ordet LORGNETTE

Definition av LORGNETTE

1. lornjett

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• The dandy's quizzing glass of the 1790s was an article of high fashion, which differs from the monocle in being held to one's eye with a handle in a fashion similar to a lorgnette, rather than being held in place by the eye socket itself.
• The word lorgnette is derived from the French lorgner, to take a sidelong look at, and Middle French, from lorgne, squinting.
• First described in modern medical literature by Marie and Leri in 1913, in the hands, arthritis mutilans is also known as opera glass hand (la main en lorgnette in French), or chronic absorptive arthritis.

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