looking-glass

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

looking-glass

/ˈlʊkɪŋ ˌɡlɑːs/ UK
/ˈlʊkɪŋ ˌɡlæs/ US

Where it comes from

* (way into a bizarre world): From the book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) by Lewis Carroll.

noun looking-glasses · looking glass

dated Synonym of mirror (“smooth surface that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it”). A Divine Looking-Glaſs: Or, The third and laſt Teſtament of our Lord, JESUS CHRIST, […] [title]
Similar: mirror
A way into a bizarre world. It has been quite a week in politics. […] I know that some Republicans feel as if they've fallen through the looking glass.
Similar: rabbit hole

Translations

Every language

noun way into a bizarre world

Русский	зазерка́лье zazerkálʹje

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"looking-glass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/looking-glass. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

looking-glass. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/looking-glass

Chicago

"looking-glass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/looking-glass.

BibTeX

@misc{looking_glass_2026,
  title = {looking-glass},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/looking-glass},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}