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What (who) is pince nez - definition

STYLE OF GLASSES

Pince nez; Oxford glasses; Pince-nez glasses

pince-nez

Pince-nez are old-fashioned glasses that consist of two lenses that fit tightly onto the top of your nose and do not have parts that rest on your ears.

N-PLURAL: also a N

Pince-nez

·noun Eyeglasses kept on the nose by a spring.

pince-nez

[papince-nezs'ne?]

¦ noun [treated as sing. or plural] a pair of eyeglasses with a nose clip instead of earpieces.

Origin

C19: from Fr., lit. '(that) pinches (the) nose'.

Wikipedia

Pince-nez

Pince-nez ( or , plural form same as singular; French pronunciation: [pɛ̃sˈne]) is a style of glasses, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, that are supported without earpieces, by pinching the bridge of the nose. The name comes from French pincer, "to pinch", and nez, "nose".

Although pince-nez were used in Europe since the late 14th century, modern ones appeared in the 1840s and reached their peak popularity around 1880 to 1900. Because they did not always stay on the nose when placed, and because of the stigma sometimes attached to the constant wearing of eyeglasses, pince-nez were often connected to the wearer's clothing or ear via a suspension chain, cord, or ribbon so that they could be easily removed and not lost.

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Examples of use of pince nez

1. Peering through his pince–nez glasses, he complained about how the Press always got him wrong.

2. The exhibit includes his shiny top hat, white kid gloves and pince–nez glasses.

3. He was in a sergeants uniform, an eye patch replacing his pince–nez glasses.

4. Perhaps Stalin‘s daughter Svetlana was wrong about Beria leading her father astray; maybe Stalin corrupted Beria, who affected intelligentsia manners and wore a pince–nez.