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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fog a mirror

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
fog a mir-ror
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fog, mirror.

verb

To be alive.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the notion of placing a mirror near the nose or mouth of a sleeping person to determine whether they were still breathing, thus alive; indicated by the glass fogging up.

Inflected Forms

fogs a mirror (present, singular) fogging a mirror (participle, present) fogged a mirror (participle, past) fogged a mirror (past)

Questions

What does fog a mirror mean?
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fog, mirror.
Where does fog a mirror come from?
From the notion of placing a mirror near the nose or mouth of a sleeping person to determine whether they were still breathing, thus alive; indicated by the glass fogging up.

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