Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
lunette . - noun plurale tantum A particular kind of
spectacles /glasses , consisting of two circles lenses connected by a half-circlebridge over the nose.
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Examples
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I suppose Monsieur did not see her, or he had taken a whim that he would not notice her, for he was as capricious as women are said to be; then his "lunettes" (he had got another pair) served him as an excuse for all sorts of little oversights and shortcomings.
Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835
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Thus impelled, it slid down the polished slope of the varnished and unbaized desk, carried before it the light steel - framed "lunettes," and, fearful to relate, they fell to the estrade.
Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835
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I knew the value of these "lunettes": M. Paul's sight was peculiar, not easily fitted, and these glasses suited him.
Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835
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So, at last, crowning himself with his bonnet-grec, and taking his ruined "lunettes" from my hand with a clasp of kind pardon and encouragement, he made his bow, and went off to the Athénée in first-rate humour and spirits.
Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835
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I now found the advantage of proximity: these short-sighted "lunettes" were useless for the inspection of a criminal under Monsieur's nose; accordingly, he doffed them, and he and I stood on more equal terms.
Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835
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So I have to check at the beginning of every class, “Vous avez les lunettes cette fois?”
Me, a teacher? hehehe. Kate Fleurange 2009
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So I have to check at the beginning of every class, “Vous avez les lunettes cette fois?”
Archive 2009-07-01 Kate Fleurange 2009
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The lunettes bear symbolic weight, but both their literal references and their meaning have remained obscure.
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The entire dome resembles a painted latticework pergola, with garlands of fruits and flowers, and wonderful oval frames surrounding rollicking putti or cupids, beneath which are lunettes of classical figures in grisaille, atop a cornice with painted columns supported by ram's heads, festooned draperies and domestic objects like pitchers and bowls.
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(At least one figure in the lunettes looks like the master's David in Florence.)
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