four-eyes

See also: four eyes

English

four-eyes (plural four-eyes)

(idiomatic, derogatory) A person who wears spectacles.
- 1913, Theodore Roosevelt, “In Cowboy Land”, in An Autobiography, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 136:
  As soon as he saw me he hailed me as “Four eyes,” in reference to my spectacles, and said, “Four eyes is going to treat.” I joined in the laugh and got behind the stove and sat down, thinking to escape notice.

(derogatory) person who wears spectacles

Basque: betaurrekodun
Czech: brejloun m
Dutch: brillemans m, brillenjood (nl) m, brildrager (nl) m, brildraagster f
French: binoclard (fr) m, binoclarde (fr) f, bésiclard (fr) m, bésiclarde (fr) f
Galician: catro ollos m or f
Georgian: სათვალიანი (satvaliani)
German: Brillenschlange (de) f, Vierauge m or f
Greek: γυαλάκιας (el) m (gyalákias)
Hebrew: אַבּוּ אַרְבַּע (he) m or f (ábu arbá)
Hindi: चश्मिश m or f (caśmiś)
Italian: quattrocchi m or f, occhialuto (it) m, occhialuta f
Kazakh: төрт көз (tört köz)
Korean: 안경쟁이 (ko) (an'gyeongjaeng'i)
Norwegian: brilleslange m
Polish: okularnik (pl) m, okularnica (pl) f, sowa (pl)
Portuguese: quatro olhos m or f
Romanian: ochelarist (ro) m, ochelaristă (ro) f
Russian: очка́рик (ru) m (očkárik), четырёхглазик m (četyrjóxglazik)
Spanish: gafotas (es) m, cuatro ojos (es) m or f, gafudo m, gafuda f
Swedish: glasögonorm (sv) c, glasögonbärare c
Turkish: dört göz (tr)
Uzbek: toʻrtkoʻz (uz), koʻzoynak (uz)
Vietnamese: bốn mắt

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