spectacled

«spectacled» in Mova's school dictionary: wearing glasses — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (spectacled)

meaning for a pupil

1) Spectacled means wearing glasses. tree →

2) In animal names it means having rings or marks around the eyes that look like glasses, as in «spectacled bear» or «spectacled owl». tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in story descriptions of characters («a spectacled old man»), and in science/nature lessons in animal names; it is a slightly old-fashioned, bookish word.

examples

• A spectacled teacher peered over her desk. tree →
• The spectacled bear lives in South America. tree →
• The spectacled owl has white rings around its eyes. tree →
• A spectacled boy sat reading in the corner. tree →
• Spectacled flying foxes live in Australia. tree →

note

Comes from «spectacles» (an older word for glasses). Not connected with «spectacular». Mostly used before a noun: «a spectacled man».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «spectacled» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.