Mirage

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪˈrɑːʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːʒ

Origin

Borrowing from fr mirage

Full definition of mirage

Noun

1. An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, giving the appearance of there being refuge in the distance.
2. (figuratively) An illusion.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause to appear as or like a mirage.
• 1915, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo Chapter , All that had been in his mind seemed suddenly miraged before him—the removal of Hunterleys, his own wife's failing health.
• 1901, A. E. W. Mason, Ensign Knightley and Other Stories Chapter , The vision of a salon was miraged before her, with herself in the middle deftly manipulating the destinies of a nation.

Anagrams

• gamier, imager, maigre, Margie