catoptric

/kaˈtɒptɹɪk/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"It leaned, toppled forward, and loomed out over the water's grim catoptric surface that stretched before her, and then completing a half-somersault plunged headlong into the shallows of the abysmal, baptismal bilge."

From Ancient Greek κατοπτρικός (katoptrikós), from κάτοπτρον (kátoptron, “mirror”).

catadioptric

catoptrical

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How do you pronounce catoptric?

The recorded pronunciation is /kaˈtɒptɹɪk/.

What does catoptric mean?

Of, relating to, or produced by mirrors or reflections.

Where does catoptric come from?

It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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