mirage

nounimaginary vision

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noun imaginary vision

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Word Origin & History

"optical illusion of water in sandy deserts," 1812, from French mirage, from se mirer "to be reflected," from Latin mirare (see mirror). Or the French word is from Latin mirus "wonderful" (see miracle).

Example Sentences for mirage

All these things shimmered and flickered and wavered in the mirage of noon.

You are no delusion—no mirage, but Rima, like no other being on earth.

I've often seen the mirage, generally about dark, far out on the western plains.

They stretch forth their hands to gather the mirage into their bosom.

"A dream," he thought, "a mirage of the mind;" and he compelled himself to go up.

Hopefully, he suggested, "A mirage or sort of a mutual hallucination?"

Decoyed by a mirage, he had gone too far—so far that there was no going back.

Her form was only a mirage of desire decoying one step by step into despair.

The mirage in Mesopotamia does not so much hide as distort the truth.

The thought of it now was like a green oasis in the desert; but it was a mirage, only a mirage!

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