mirror

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A piece of glass with a special backing that you can see your reflection in.

   She looked in the mirror to check her hair.

2. 2
   verb

   To be very similar to something, or to reflect it closely.

   His success mirrored that of his older brother.

3. 3
   noun

   Something that reflects or shows the true nature of another thing.

   His story is a mirror of life for many young orphans.

From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor (“mirror”, literally “looker, watcher”), from mirer (“look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Middle English schewere, schawere, from Old English sċēawere (“mirror”, literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy".

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