backward writing that forms a mirror image of normal writing
mirror-writing in American English
(ˈmɪrərˌraitɪŋ)
noun
backward writing that resembles a mirror image of ordinary script
Word origin
[1770–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1770–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crescendo, jungle, lotto, red flag, shotgun
Examples of 'mirror writing' in a sentence
mirror writing
Apart from constant reversals he also suddenly goes off into this bizarre mirror writing (perhaps brain is in back to front?
Bénédicte Newland and Pascale Smets AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR (2005)
There he was presented with a silk purse inside which was an intricately folded piece of paper, and on it a message in mirror writing.