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specular (adj.)
1570s, "reflective" (like a mirror), from Latin
specularis
, from
speculum
"a mirror" (see
speculum
). Meaning "assisting in vision; affording a view" is from 1650s, from Latin
speculari
"to spy" (see
speculation
).