mirage

Meanings

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.
  • An illusion.

Verb

  • To cause to appear as or like a mirage.

Origin

  • Borrowed from French mirage.

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