glass à la Psyche
glass à la Psyche noun: a looking-glass specifically designed to give an all round view when preparing one's toilette.
Noun
glass à la Psyche (plural glasses à la Psyche)
- A looking-glass specifically designed to give an all round view when preparing one's toilette.
- On the one side was a stand of moss roses, on the other a dressing-table, and a glass à la Psyche, over whose surface the wax tapers flung a soft light, worthy of any complexion, even had it rivalled the caliph Vathek's pages, whose skins "were fair as the enamel of Frangistan."1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 52
Forms of glass à la Psyche
| plural | glasses à la Psyche |
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Questions about glass à la Psyche
- What does glass à la Psyche mean?
- Glass à la Psyche means a looking-glass specifically designed to give an all round view when preparing one's toilette.
- What part of speech is glass à la Psyche?
- Glass à la Psyche is a noun.
- What is the plural of glass à la Psyche?
- The plural of glass à la Psyche is glasses à la Psyche.
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