bespectacled

[ bih-spek-tuh-kuhld ]

adjective

1. wearing eyeglasses.

bespectacled

/ bɪˈspɛktəkəld /

adjective

1. wearing spectacles

Word History and Origins

Origin of bespectacled¹

First recorded in 1735–45; be- + spectacled

Example Sentences

The funny stick-figure cartoons that she drew on some of her letters depict an imperfect union between an overwhelmed wife and a lazy bespectacled husband slumped in an armchair.

From Washington Post

In them, a short, bespectacled, morose-looking man stood on an airport runway flanked by uniformed officers.

From ProPublica

A southbound passenger train halted in southern Quebec near the Vermont border, where an elderly, bespectacled man boarded the train.

From Time

Su, the video sharing app’s bespectacled 38-year-old CEO and founder, grew up in a Hunan village without electricity.

From Ozy

Months before travel was hobbled by coronavirus fears, I was returning home one evening from Raleigh-Durham International Airport when I noticed a familiar figure at the gate — slight, bespectacled, hair side-parted and gray.

From Washington Post

Or maybe the bespectacled ex-“Dear Leader” was just a really big South Park fan.

From The Daily Beast

Missy, 37, is a petite, bespectacled gal with a green pixie cut, and her arms are adorned with tattoos.

From The Daily Beast

He is a pudgy, bespectacled, homburg-wearing cuckold of a Sherlock in those fish-grey postwar years of 1970s England.

From The Daily Beast

In 2012, Donnelly, balding and bespectacled, arrived at the airport in Ontario.

From The Daily Beast

One recently painted the bespectacled pontiff as a flying Super Pope.

From The Daily Beast

When out of a door popped the bespectacled Miss Carrington, grimmer and more stern than usual.

From Project Gutenberg

Lamb saw an ashen-face bespectacled man peering around the corner of an ell.

From Project Gutenberg

She turned her thin, drawn, bespectacled face toward us as we crowded in at the doorway.

From Project Gutenberg

A bespectacled, thin, studious-appearing man staggered out and collapsed on the ground.

From Project Gutenberg

This is the best roadand that isnt saying much, the bespectacled driver declared.

From Project Gutenberg