Meanings
- not comparableOf, relating to, or produced by mirrors or reflections.
It leaned, toppled forward, and loomed out over the water's grim catoptric surface that stretched before her, and then completing a half-somersault plunged headlong into the shallows of the abysmal, baptismal bilge.
1989, Nick Cave, And the Ass Saw the Angel
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors
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Origin
- Ancient Greekκατοπτρικός
- Englishcatoptric
From Ancient Greek κατοπτρικός (katoptrikós), from κάτοπτρον (kátoptron, “mirror”).
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catoptric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catoptric
“catoptric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catoptric. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catoptric,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catoptric.
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