miragedadj.
/mᵻˈrɑːʒd/, /ˈmɪrɑːʒd/, U.S. /məˈrɑʒd/ Seen in a mirage; having the nature or appearance of a mirage.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [adjective] > mirage
miraged1875
miragy1895
mirageous1905
1875 A. Anderson Two Angels 13 Headlong into all the miraged plan I wildly rush'd along.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. June 817/2 A dim outline of miraged date-palms.
1925 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 486/2 Framed anew, in mystic space—Miraged dream past all believing—Looms the cradle of a race.
1992 R. Ford in Harper's Mag. Feb. 68/2 I'm driving along some ribbony highway over a distant and heat-miraged American landscape.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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