four-eyes

[fawr-ahyz, fohr-]

noun

plural

four-eyes 

1. Slang: Usually Disparaging.,  a person who wears eyeglasses (sometimes used facetiously).

2. four-eyed fish.

four-eyes

noun

1. a disparaging term of address for a person wearing spectacles

Other Word Forms

• four-eyed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of four-eyes¹

First recorded in 1870–75