bespectacled
/bɪˈspɛktəkəld/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.24 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "The Commissioner, ascetic-looking, an Oxford graduate, narrow-shouldered and elderly, tired-eyed and bespectacled like the scholar he was, like the scientist he was, shrugged his shoulders."
- "Solanka was uninterested in this bow-tied, bespectacled, markedly un-Jedi-knight-like young man, and as a former science-fiction buff despised the lowbrow space opera of the Star Wars cycle."
- "The choristers were as bespectacled as the audience. Are Protestants more bespectacled than Catholics because of too much Bible reading?"
- "What caught my eye, however, was an appearance on state-run television in Beijing of DeepSeek’s bespectacled, mop-topped CEO, Liang Wenfeng, who met with China’s No. 2 official – Premier Li Qiang."
Etymology
From be- + spectacle + -ed.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more bespectacled (comparative)
most bespectacled (superlative)