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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

pince-nez

[pans-ney, pins-; Fr. pans-ney] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural pince-nez

[pans-neyz, pins-; Fr. pans-ney] Pronunciation Key.

a pair of glasses held on the face by a spring that grips the nose.

[Origin: 1875–80; < F: lit., (it) pinches (the) nose

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

pince-nez (pāns'nā', pĭns'-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. pince-nez (-nāz', -nā')
Eyeglasses clipped to the bridge of the nose.

[French : pincer, to pinch (from Old French pincier; see pinch) + nez, nose (from Latin nāsus; see nas- in Indo-European roots).]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pince-nez

folding eyeglasses, 1876, from Fr., lit. "pinch-nose," from pincer "to pinch" + nez "nose."

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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

pince-nez
noun
spectacles clipped to the nose by a spring

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Nez Perce County, ID (county, FIPS 69) Location: 46.33121 N, 116.74628 W
Population (1990): 33754 (14463 housing units)
Area: 2199.2 sq km (land), 18.9 sq km (water)

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Pince-nez

Pince`-nez"\, n. [F. pincer to pinch + nez nose.] Eyeglasses kept on the nose by a spring.

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