mireor

mireor

Old French

Alternative forms

• mereor

Etymology

mirer +‎ -eor.

Noun

mireor m (oblique plural mireors, nominative singular mireors, nominative plural mireor)

1. mirror
   • circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Cligès':

     et par ce mireor trespasse […] le san don li cuers est espris

     And through this mirror travels […] the feeling which seizes the heart

2. (figuratively) a typical example
   • Le vray miroer de la beauté humain

     The true reflection of human beauty

Descendants

• Champaignat: miréor, mirour
• English: mirror (borrowed)
• French: miroir