mirrorful
mirrorful noun: the amount reflected by a mirror.
Noun
mirrorful (plural mirrorfuls or mirrorsful)
- The amount reflected by a mirror.
- Eyes are gazing on boys who explode from springboards to shell the sea, and joyfully splinter its mirrorful of sunset.(Can we date this quote?), Richard Kell, “Two Poems”, in Rann, page 7
- He is indeed, no Fra Angelico holding up a little mirrorful of Heaven, with heart and mind so filled to overflowing with the Beatific Vision, as to leave no room for understanding of earthly misery and sin.1898 November, H. E. Walton, “A Catholic Tribute to Sir Walter Scott”, in The Month: A Catholic Magazine, twenty-fifth year, number 413 / new series, number 23, London: Longmans, Green, and Co....
Adjective
mirrorful (comparative more mirrorful, superlative most mirrorful)
- Covered in mirrors.
- In the mirrorful elevator a few women looked at him with dread lest his soppiness should smirch their fabrics.1921, Rupert Hughes, Beauty, Harper & Brothers, page 152
- The room is a clean, mirrorful knockout; […]1981, Forbes, page 20
- mirror-like; reflective.
- To use the mirror to position herself differently as a difference that makes a difference, as a mirrorful space which is concave; convex; opaque; transparent; distorted and distorting; disoriented; shattered; broken […]1994, Dorine Mignot, editor, Joan Jonas: Works, 1968-1994, →ISBN, page 18
- I’ve cowarded into a quiet shape / Passing alone into an empty mirror / Refusing to see myself, using my cape / To cover all mirrorful eyes like a deathsheet drape.2010, Samuel Whittemore Fowler, Afoot and Delighthearted, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 143
Examples of mirrorful in a sentence
- The rare breaks from the mirrorfuls of poets work best: for example, the droll humour of “Buchanan’s Fancy”, where body-searches in Belfast are seen as sought-after sexual titillation.1987, “James (Stewart Alexander) Simmons 1933-”, in Daniel G. Marowski, Roger Matuz, et al., editors, Contemporary Literary Criticism...
- Thistledown hung suspended, a canopy of stars overhead, a mirrorful of stars beneath.1989 October, Ivor Wilkins, “The Hidden Algarve”, in Cruising World, page 93, columns 1–2:
- Steve himself had a mirrorful of blue ribbons at home from previous Potter’s archery tournaments, but Rita didn’t have to know that.1990, Mary Towne, Steve the Sure, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, →ISBN, page 42:
- I’m thinking, I’ll get a mirrorful of coke, set it on the end of the bed, and when she bends over to get it, nail her.2001, Daniel Blore, Goat Rope: A Pilot’s Tale, Writer’s Showcase, →ISBN, page 59:
Forms of mirrorful
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mirrorfuls |
| plural | mirrorsful |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more mirrorful |
| superlative | most mirrorful |
Origin of mirrorful
From mirror + -ful.
Questions about mirrorful
- What does mirrorful mean?
- Mirrorful means the amount reflected by a mirror.
- How do you use mirrorful in a sentence?
- The rare breaks from the mirrorfuls of poets work best: for example, the droll humour of “Buchanan’s Fancy”, where body-searches in Belfast are seen as sought-after sexual titillation.
- What part of speech is mirrorful?
- Mirrorful can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of mirrorful?
- The plural of mirrorful is mirrorfuls.
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