Usage Note
Occhialuto describes someone who habitually or conspicuously wears glasses; it comes from occhiali (eyeglasses) plus the augmentative suffix -uto, which adds a sense of being marked by the feature. It is informal and slightly humorous in register, more common in literary or descriptive prose than in everyday speech.
Examples
"Il professore occhialuto leggeva lentamente."
Natural Translation
The bespectacled professor read slowly.
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