horn-rimmed

[ hawrn-rimd ]

adjective

1. having the frames or rims made of horn or tortoise shell, or plastic that simulates either of these:

   horn-rimmed glasses.

Word History and Origins

Origin of horn-rimmed¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

And her horn-rimmed glasses managed to look hip, bookish, and nerdy all at once.

From Literature

A short, chubby academic with thick horn-rimmed glasses, Mr. Kissinger would also become an unlikely sex symbol in the drab, buttoned-down Nixon White House.

From Washington Times

Smith got off from work and soon found himself outfitted in a tweed sport coat and horn-rimmed glasses, and shorn by De Niro’s barber, as crew members swiftly tried to re-create a 1950s aesthetic.

From Seattle Times

Plumlee — who has long, honey-colored hair, wears horn-rimmed glasses and skinny jeans and adores Taylor Swift — bought her own groceries.

From Los Angeles Times

He looks so serious behind his round horn-rimmed glasses.

From Literature