bespectacled
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of bespectacled
First recorded in 1735–45; be- + spectacled
Example Sentences
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The bespectacled local celebrity seemingly has it together — riding his recumbent bike to and from work each day, drinking healthy green juices, playing board games with his family on the weekends.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Some three weeks later, in February 1964, the Swedish starlet and the bespectacled Brit were married.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
In the early afternoon of Dec. 22, 1984, four black teenagers were riding the subway in lower Manhattan when a thin and bespectacled man got on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
The bespectacled leg-spinner recently had the Australians in a pickle and has a great chance to bag a hatful of wickets in the opening group stage against weaker teams.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
Besides Teller, they included Mark Mills, a bespectacled thirty-eight- year-old theoretician from Caltech who had joined Livermore the previous year and risen quickly to become one of Ernest’s most trusted aides.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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