mirage
/mɪˈɹɑːʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.
noun
An illusion.
Example Sentences
- "I remember hearing, that in the East the clear and azure waters seem to flow before the weary and parched traveller; yet a little further, and on he urges his weary way, but in vain—the fair stream is a delusion. Even thus happiness is the mirage which leads us over the desert of life, ever fated to end in deceit and disappointment."
- "All that had been in his mind seemed suddenly miraged before him—the removal of Hunterleys, his own wife's failing health."
- "The vision of a salon was miraged before her, with herself in the middle deftly manipulating the destinies of a nation."