mirroredadj.1
/ˈmɪrəd/, U.S. /ˈmɪrərd/ 1. Having a surface like a mirror; reflective, glossy. Also figurative.
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1785 E. Perronet Occasional Verses 99 Thought,..with its mirror'd face, Will brighten comforts, or reflect disgrace.
1830 S. L. Fairfield Abaddon & Other Poems 117 The mirrored beauty of the brimming rills.
a1851 D. M. Moir Poet. Wks. (1852) II. 276 Till Lythgo shows, in mirrored gold, its palaced loch so fair.
1919 A. Merritt Moon Pool xxii. 172 It shone like a mirrored lakelet of jet.
1962 L. S. Sasieni Princ. & Pract. Optical Dispensing xiii. 327 They are known as Mirrored lenses. They are produced by vacuum coating [etc.].
1986 ‘L. Cody’ Under Contract xli. 168 The pavement streamed and light bounced off its mirrored surface in a yellow glare.
1994 Denver Post 18 Dec. f2/1 The bodyguards of bad guys invariably wear mirrored dark glasses.
2. Fitted with a mirror or mirrors.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [adjective]
unfoiled1640
reflex1672
quicksilvered1754
mirrored1820
convex-concave1841
West Coast1957
1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 38 Still mimick'd as they rose Along the mirror'd walls by twin-clouds odorous.
1890 Daily News 8 Jan. 2/4 The action of the magnet..was visibly represented by means of the mirrored galvanometer.
1943 D. Welch Maiden Voy. iv. 21 There were a lot of medicines in the mirrored cupboard.
1986 Scotsman 31 July (Property Market Suppl.) 3/3 (advt.) Spacious lounge, bedrooms with mirrored door wardrobes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
mirroredadj.2
/ˈmɪrəd/, U.S. /ˈmɪrərd/ That is reflected in, or as in, a mirror.
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the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > reflected > as in a mirror or water
reflected1594
float-glassed1632
reflex1653
subaqueous1798
mirrored1821
reverberated1896
the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > reproducing or repeating in a copy > by reflection or reflected
mirrorly1434
glass-faceda1616
mirrored1821
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > reflection > [adjective] > capable of reflecting
reflexivea1660
mirrored1821
society > communication > representation > [adjective] > represented > as in a mirror
mirrored1905
1821 T. L. Beddoes Improvisatore 37 Upon the water-mirrored rays Of stars, the sable midnight crown, Like radiant blessings peeping down.
1863 T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady iii. 122 Those mirrored marvels of the lake.
1905 Q. Rev. July 100 The mirrored image of life.
1975 R. Graves Coll. Poems x. 187 I pause with razor poised, scowling derision At the mirrored man whose beard needs my attention.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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