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▪ I. mirrored1, a.|ˈmɪrəd| [f. mirror n. + -ed2.] Fitted with a mirror or mirrors.
1820Keats Lamia 579 Still mimick'd as they rose Along the mirror'd walls by twin-clouds odorous. 1890Daily News 8 Jan. 2/4 The action of the magnet..was visibly represented by means of the mirrored galvanometer.
Add:b. Having a surface like a mirror; reflective.
a1851Moir Dark Waggon iv, Till Lythgo shows, in mirrored gold, its palaced loch so fair. 1962L. S. Sasieni Princ. & Pract. Optical Dispensing xiii. 327 They are known as Mirrored lenses. They are produced by vacuum coating [etc.]. 1980L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 77 Mirrored sunglasses. To hide fear while going down slopes completely hung over. 1986L. Cody Under Contract xli. 168 The pavement streamed and light bounced off its mirrored surface in a yellow glare. 1994Post (Denver) 18 Dec. f2/1 The bodyguards of bad guys invariably wear mirrored dark glasses. ▪ II. mirrored2, ppl. a.|ˈmɪrəd| [f. mirror v. + -ed1.] Reflected, as by a mirror; also fig.
a1861Woolner Beautiful Lady (1863) 122 Those mirrored marvels of the lake. 1905Q. Rev. July 100 The mirrored image of life. |