looking glass

noun

1. a mirror made of glass with a metallic or amalgam backing.
2. the glass used in a mirror.
3. anything used as a mirror, as highly polished metal or a reflecting surface.

looking glass

noun

1. a mirror, esp a ladies' dressing mirror

adjective

1. with normal or familiar circumstances reversed; topsy-turvy

   a looking-glass world

Word History and Origins

Origin of looking glass¹

First recorded in 1520–30

Word History and Origins

Origin of looking glass¹

sense 2 in allusion to Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass

Example Sentences

It wasn’t that long ago that the country and the world slipped through the looking glass.

From Los Angeles Times

“Hopefully there may be AI regulation someday, but we are already through the looking glass. I do think it’s already too late.”

From Seattle Times

So on Monday, this Democrat decided to step through the looking glass and attend my first Republican caucus.

From Salon

“Defendants have clearly stepped through the looking glass,” said Amer, the lawyer representing the attorney general.

From Seattle Times

"Defendants have clearly stepped through the looking glass."

From Reuters

Related Words

• mirror