four-eyed
Americanadjective
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having or seeming to have four eyes.
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Slang: Usually Disparaging. wearing eyeglasses (sometimes used facetiously).
Etymology
Origin of four-eyed
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Jose Manuel Perez, an Oxnard man who has called himself the Pablo Escobar of wildlife crimes, admitted last year in Los Angeles federal court that he smuggled 1,700 animals — including baby crocodiles and four-eyed turtles — from Mexico into the United States, prosecutors say.
From Los Angeles Times
Walter was bullied at school; his classmates called him Sissy Boy until he got glasses, whereupon he was known as Four-eyed Sissy Boy.
From New York Times
Four-eyed fish: A single eye in this species—pictured here—holds two lobes.
From Scientific American
One sits above the waterline, and one sits below it, lending the “four-eyed” moniker to a fish that cruises the water’s surface for floating snacks.
From Scientific American
What if she’s a four-eyed being with different mouths?
From Slate
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