looking-glass

C2+ Topic:Animals
US /ˈlʊkɪŋ ˌɡlæs/ UK /ˈlʊkɪŋ ˌɡlɑːs/
noun Freq #68171

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Synonym of mirror (“smooth surface that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it”).

    A Divine Looking-Glaſs: Or, The third and laſt Teſtament of our Lord, JESUS CHRIST, […] [title].

  2. 2
    noun

    A way into a bizarre world.

    It has been quite a week in politics. […] I know that some Republicans feel as if they've fallen through the looking glass.

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Synonyms
1 noun · synonym of mirror (“smooth... mirror
2 noun · a way into a bizarre world. rabbit hole
Word family
Forms looking-glasses

Etymology

* (way into a bizarre world): From the book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) by Lewis Carroll.

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