mirageousadj.
/mᵻˈreɪdʒəs/, /mᵻˈrɑː(d)ʒəs/, U.S. /məˈreɪdʒəs/, /məˈrɑ(d)ʒəs/ rare.
Resembling a mirage.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [adjective] > mirage
miraged1875
miragy1895
mirageous1905
1905 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 81/2 By the side of a deep mirageous lagoon there sprang up a deep mirageous homestead.
Derivatives
miˈrageously adv. as a mirage.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [adverb] > mirage
mirageously1905
1905 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 81/2 I pictured her mirageously there on the deep verandah, looking out, waiting for me.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1905