Definitions for loupes

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loupes loupe

Spelling: [loop]

IPA: /lup/

Loupes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in loupes (elopsu).

Definitions for loupes

noun

1. any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.

Origin of loupes

1905-10; French, originally an imperfect gem, a mass of hot metal ≪ Germanic; see loop³, lob¹

Examples for loupes

The workman proceeds in this way, till he has melted enough of metal to form a loupe.

This last word is represented in French by loupe, from which it is probably adapted.

When your dog howled they thought him the loupe Garoe who, so they believe, is half wolf and half man.

Mayor loupe introduced the President, who made one of his briefest speeches.