mirer, v.n., (nav.) to loom, to appear indistinctly; (of precious stones) to have but few angles, few facets; to take aim.
mirette, n.f., (bot.) Venus’s looking-glass. V. miroir.
mirifique, adj., wonderful, marvelous; admirable, splendid.
mirliflore, n.m., exquisite, fop, dandy, coxcomb, spark, beau.
mirlirot, n.m., corruption of mélilot, q.v.
mirliton, n.m., reed-pipe; bag-wig; tol-de-rol-lol.
mirmidon or myrmidon, n.m., (hist.) Myrmidon; shrimp, pygmy (pers.).
mirobolant, -e, adj., prodigious, wonderful, stupendous.
miroder, v.a. V. mirauder and mirer.
miroir, n.m., mirror, looking-glass, glass; (opt.) mirror, speculum. Etamer un —; to foliate a looking-glass. — ardent; burning-mirror. Des œufs au —; fried eggs. — de Vénus; (bot.) Venus’s looking-glass.